Tag: Childhood Vitiligo

• 6 Nov 2017
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Childhood Vitiligo

Vitiligo is a skin condition characterized by patches of skin losing their pigmentation, due to the destruction of the pigment producing melanocytes. This disease affects an estimated 1-3% of the world’s population, and has a strong familial association. Half the patients first recognize Vitiligo before 20 years of age, when it often appears in an …