vitiligo
hypersensitivity reaction type II disease that causes depigmentation of skin patches resulting from loss of function or death of melanocytes
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Summary
vitiligo is a class of disease[1]. vitiligo ranks in the top 0.051% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,183 views/month, #1 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: autoimmune disease[3], autoimmune skin disease[4], disease[5]
- Commons category: Vitiligo[6]
- Said to be the same as: Pes[7]
- Symptoms and signs: depigmentation[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Vitiligo[9]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11]
- ICD-9-CM: 709.01[12]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C26915[13]
- Health specialty: dermatology[14]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: monobenzone[15], methoxsalen[16], trioxsalen[17]
- Genetic association: LPP[18], BACH2[19], CASP7[20], IKZF4[21], TICAM1[22], ZMIZ1[23], RERE[24], monophenol monooxygenase[25], GZMB[26], UBASH3A[27], C1QTNF6[28], SMOC2[29], ATP8B1[30], PTPN22[31]
- Studied by: biology of colour[32]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_12306[33], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:12306[34], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001045[35], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_247871[36]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[37]
Why It Matters
vitiligo has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] vitiligo is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]