Study of Serum Immunoglobulin Levels: Complements C3 and C4 in Vitiligo Patients in Northern India
Study of Serum Immunoglobulin Levels: Complements C3 and C4 in Vitiligo Patients in Northern India
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血清免疫球蛋白水平研究:印度北部白癜风患者补充 C3 和 C4
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2012
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通讯作者:
S. Pandey
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作者:
U. Singh;S. Singh;S. Pandey
Vitiligo is an acquired, specific, common, often heritable, depigmenting skin disorder characterized by progressive, well-circumscribed milky cutaneous macules devoid of identifiable melanocytes. It is multifactorial and polygenic. The precise pathology remains elusive; however, several theories have been proposed to explain the loss of epidermal melanocytes in this disorder. None of these theories can completely explain all the clinical and experimental observations made in this disorder. The present study was aimed to find out the role of humoral immunity in the pathogenesis of vitiligo. The serum immunoglobulin profiles of vitiligo patients were compared with that of normal healthy controls. Two hundred vitiligo patients and 75 controls were recruited randomly from the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Sir Sunderlal Hospital, and Banaras Hindu University Hospital, Varanasi, UP, India, for this study. Complements C3 and C4 and immunoglobulins IgG, IgA, and IgM were estimated by turbidometric method using immunoglobulin kit.
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10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00032.x
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2003-06-01
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PIGMENT CELL RESEARCH
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Alkhateeb, A;Fain, PR;Spritz, RA
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Spritz, RA