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Simvastatin prevents and reverses depigmentation in a mouse model of vitiligo

Vitiligo is a common autoimmune disease of the skin that results in disfiguring white spots. There are no FDA-approved treatments, and current treatments are time-consuming, expensive, and have low efficacy. We sought to identify new treatments for vitiligo, and first considered repurposed medicatio...

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Autores principales: Agarwal, Priti, Rashighi, Mehdi, Essien, Kingsley I., Richmond, Jillian M., Randall, Louise, Pazoki-Toroudi, Hamidreza, Hunter, Christopher A., Harris, John E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4366328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25521459
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jid.2014.529