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leucoderma, a taboo.... no more...causes point to something different

Posted by reva26 on Thu, 08 Mar 2012

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Leucoderma/vitiligo defined as irregular patches of depigmentationdue to an autoimmune disorder invoiving melonocytes which give colour to our skin. previously thought to caused by wrath of godess or sins in past life,a risk of passing this disorder to nextGen, society used 2 keep those people at a distance.now it is known it is caused by many factors like1) Immune Hypothesis - Melanocyte destruction and dysfunction or both may result into Hypopigmentation of vitiligo. 2) Neural Hypothesis - Neu... Read More

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