Vitiligo-Associated Autoimmune Disorders: A Woman With Vitiligo and Incipient Hypothyroidism

Vitiligo is a skin condition that causes loss of pigmentation, resulting in hypopigmented and depigmented patches on the skin. Vitiligo has been associated with many autoimmune conditions. A 27-year-old female with a history of vitiligo had a clinical presentation and laboratory studies that were co...

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Autores principales: Malik, Sara, Cohen, Philip R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8631507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34873507
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19164
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description Vitiligo is a skin condition that causes loss of pigmentation, resulting in hypopigmented and depigmented patches on the skin. Vitiligo has been associated with many autoimmune conditions. A 27-year-old female with a history of vitiligo had a clinical presentation and laboratory studies that were consistent with incipient hypothyroidism. The relationship between vitiligo, hypothyroidism, and other autoimmune conditions is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-86315072021-12-05 Vitiligo-Associated Autoimmune Disorders: A Woman With Vitiligo and Incipient Hypothyroidism Malik, Sara Cohen, Philip R Cureus Dermatology Vitiligo is a skin condition that causes loss of pigmentation, resulting in hypopigmented and depigmented patches on the skin. Vitiligo has been associated with many autoimmune conditions. A 27-year-old female with a history of vitiligo had a clinical presentation and laboratory studies that were consistent with incipient hypothyroidism. The relationship between vitiligo, hypothyroidism, and other autoimmune conditions is discussed. Cureus 2021-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8631507/ /pubmed/34873507 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19164 Text en Copyright © 2021, Malik et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Vitiligo-Associated Autoimmune Disorders: A Woman With Vitiligo and Incipient Hypothyroidism
title Vitiligo-Associated Autoimmune Disorders: A Woman With Vitiligo and Incipient Hypothyroidism
title_full Vitiligo-Associated Autoimmune Disorders: A Woman With Vitiligo and Incipient Hypothyroidism
title_fullStr Vitiligo-Associated Autoimmune Disorders: A Woman With Vitiligo and Incipient Hypothyroidism
title_full_unstemmed Vitiligo-Associated Autoimmune Disorders: A Woman With Vitiligo and Incipient Hypothyroidism
title_short Vitiligo-Associated Autoimmune Disorders: A Woman With Vitiligo and Incipient Hypothyroidism
title_sort vitiligo-associated autoimmune disorders: a woman with vitiligo and incipient hypothyroidism
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8631507/
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