Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Vitiligo - Defined by Douglass

Douglass says:

Vitiligo or Leucoderma is an affection charcterized by circumscribed patches of skin, from which the pigment has disappeared to a lesser or greater extent.

Vitiligo - Deffinition

Vitiligo is a pigmentation disorder in which white patches appear on the skin on different parts of the body and the hair in the affected area may turn white.

by NIAMS (National Institute Of Arthiritis And Muskuloskeletal And Skin Disease)