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Variant of TYR and autoimmunity susceptibility loci in generalized vitiligo.

Ying Y Jin, Stanca A SA Birlea, Pamela R PR Fain, Katherine K Gowan, Sheri L SL Riccardi, Paulene J PJ Holland, Christina M CM Mailloux, Alexandra J D AJ Sufit, Saunie M SM Hutton, Anita A Amadi-Myers, Dorothy C DC Bennett, Margaret R MR Wallace, Wayne T WT McCormack, E Helen EH Kemp, David J DJ Gawkrodger, Anthony P AP Weetman, Mauro M Picardo, Giovanni G Leone, Alain A Taïeb, Thomas T Jouary, Khaled K Ezzedine, Nanny N van Geel, Jo J Lambert, Andreas A Overbeck, and Richard A RA Spritz

N Engl J Med 362(18):1686-97 (2010) PMID 20410501

Generalized vitiligo is an autoimmune disease characterized by melanocyte loss, which results in patchy depigmentation of skin and hair, and is associated with an elevated risk of other autoimmune diseases.

DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0908547
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