Vitiligo

Vitiligo manifests itself postnatally in the form of patchy depigmentation of the skin. The spots are sharply demarcated, the hair growing out of them is white. The pathogenesis is unclear, it is an acquired disease, but in a certain percentage it may be genetically determined. It is probably an autoimmune blockade of melanocytes, whose melanosomes are not altered but contain little pigment.

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