Ocular abnormalities occurring with vitiligo.
Ocular abnormalities occurring with vitiligo.
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白癜风引起的眼部异常。
DOI:
10.1016/s0161-6420(79)35413-6
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发表时间:
1979
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影响因子:
13.7
通讯作者:
Aaron B. Lerner
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作者:
Daniel M. Albert;James J. Nordlund;Aaron B. Lerner
One hundred twelve patients with vitiligo were examined for ocular abnormalities. Discrete areas of depigmentation with associated pigment hyperplasia clinically appearing to involve the choroid and retinal pigment epithelium were observed in 44 patients, and active uveitis was seen in nine patients. The changes observed suggest that the spectrum of diseases that includes Harada's disease and the Vogt-Koyanagi syndrome may be broader than previously appreciated. Patients with these syndromes may represent the most severe examples of vitiligo and uveal inflammation. The occurrence of symptoms of night blindness in 12 patients and a family history of retinitis pigmentosa in two of these may signify a possible malfunction of the retinal pigment epithelium. Further evidence for a pigment epithelium disorder is suggested by the high incidence of an unusually prominent choroidal pattern in these patients.