Vitiligo pathogenesis: autoimmune disease, genetic defect, excessive reactive oxygen species, calcium imbalance, or what else?

The pathobiology of vitiligo has been hotly disputed for as long as one remembers, and has been a magnet for endless speculation. Evidently, the different schools of thought--ranging, e.g. from the concept that vitiligo essentially is a free-radical disorder to that of vitiligo being a primary autoi...

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Main Authors: Schallreuter, K, Bahadoran, P, Picardo, M, Slominski, A, Elassiuty, Y, Kemp, E, Giachino, C, Liu, J, Luiten, R, Lambe, T, Le Poole, I, Dammak, I, Onay, H, Zmijewski, M, Dell'Anna, M, Zeegers, M, Cornall, R, Paus, R, Ortonne, J, Westerhof, W
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008