Department of Dermatology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1090 Amsterdam Avenue, Suite 11D, New York, NY 10025, USA.
Pediatr Clin North Am. 2014 Apr;61(2):347-66. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2013.11.008. Epub 2014 Jan 28.
Vitiligo is a disease of pigment loss. Most investigators currently consider vitiligo to be a disorder that occurs as a result of autoimmune destruction of melanocytes, supported by identification of antimelanocyte antibodies in many patients, and the presence of comorbid autoimmune disease in patients with and family members of individuals with vitiligo. One-half of vitiligo cases are of childhood onset. This article presents a current overview of pediatric vitiligo including comorbidities of general health, psychological factors, therapeutic options, and long-term health considerations.
白癜风是一种色素丧失疾病。目前大多数研究人员认为，白癜风是一种自身免疫破坏黑素细胞的疾病，这一观点得到了许多患者存在抗黑素细胞抗体以及白癜风患者及其家庭成员存在合并自身免疫性疾病的支持。一半的白癜风病例发生于儿童期。本文介绍了包括一般健康状况、心理因素、治疗选择和长期健康考虑在内的儿童白癜风的最新概述。
