Childhood Viltiligo.
10.5021/ad.1991.3.2.112
- Author:
Seung Kyung HANN
;
Min Seok SONG
;
Yoon Kee PARK
;
Sung Ku AHN
- Publication Type:Comparative Study ; Original Article
- Keywords:
Childhood;
Viltiligo
- MeSH:
Adult;
Autoantibodies;
Clinical Study;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Incidence;
Nevus, Halo;
Precipitating Factors;
Stress, Psychological;
Vitiligo
- From:Annals of Dermatology
1991;3(2):112-118
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We investigated the clinical aspect and immunologic parameters of childhood and adult vitiligo in our clinics and made a comparative study. The childhood vitiligo showed the following results : similar incidence of clinical patterns with adults except for the lower incidence of the acrofacial type than in adults ; less involvement in the extent of lesion of disease than in adults ; higher incidence of family history than with adults ; of the precipitating factors, trauma is the main one whereas emotional stress is for adults ; higher association with halo nevi than adults ; and lower incidence of serum autoantibodies than adults. We have ascertained that childhood vitiligo is a distinct subset of vitiligo, showing the above features which will be studied in more patients in a long term follow-up clinical study.
