Vitiligo and cutaneous malignancy: what is the risk?
Vitiligo is a disorder of depigmentation affecting up to two percent of the global population. It is a long-held belief that patients with vitiligo have an increased risk for skin cancers due to the loss of melanin, a pigment which protects the skin against carcinogenesis. Phototherapy, a mainstay t...
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| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Pigment International |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/pigmentinternational_28_24 |
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