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Response to narrow-band UVB--vitiligo-melasma versus vitiligo: a comparative study.

Parikshit P Sharma, Harsha S HS Pai, Ganesh S GS Pai, Maria M Kuruvila, and Reshma R Kolar

Am J Clin Dermatol 12(2):127-32 (2011) PMID 21348543

Vitiligo is the most common depigmentary disorder of the skin and hair, resulting from selective destruction of melanocytes. Melasma, a hyperpigmentary disorder, presents as irregular, brown, macular hypermelanosis. A small subset of vitiligo patients paradoxically also have melasma.

DOI: 10.2165/11537120-000000000-00000
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