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generalized vitiligo
Thursday 25 September 2003
Generalized vitiligo is a common autoimmune disorder characterized by the development of white patches of skin and overlying hair due to loss of pigment-forming melanocytes from the involved areas.
Susceptibility locus:
1p31
4q13-q21 (15809929)
