Vitiligo in Children: A Better Understanding of the Disease

Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2018 Jan 20;6(1):181-184. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2018.040. eCollection 2018 Jan 25.

¹ University G. Marconi of Rome, Dermatology and Venereology, Rome 00192, Italy.
² Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior, Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior (MVR), Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatologic Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria.
³ Onkoderma, Private Clinic for Dermatologic Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria.
⁴ Städtisches Klinikum Dresden - Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany.
⁵ University G. Marconi of Rome, Dept. of Nuclear, Subnuclear and Radiation Physics, Via Plinio 44, Rome 00193, Italy.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, University of Parma, Via Gramsci 14, Parma, Parma 43126, Italy.
⁷ University of Miami School of Medicine, 1400 NW 10th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136-1015, United States.

Abstract

Vitiligo is an important skin disease of childhood. The authors briefly discuss the etiopathobiology, clinics and comorbidities of the disease.

Keywords: children; clinic; comorbidities; environmental stress; genetic background; trigger factor; vitiligo.