Ruxolitinib results in improved repigmentation as compared to vehicle-control in nonsegmental vitiligo
1. In comparison to vehicle-control, a greater proportion of patients using ruxolitinib achieved a reduction in facial Vitiligo Area Scoring ...
Tag: vitiligo
Long term phototherapy can enhance treatment response in vitiligo
1. Examination of prospective studies found that a majority of patients with vitiligo had at least 25% re-pigmentation in response ...
Patient Basics: Vitiligo
Originally published by Harvard Health. What Is It? Vitiligo consists of white patches of skin that are caused by the loss ...
Vitiligo associated with lower incidence of skin cancers
1. Patients with vitiligo had lower risk of having melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) than those without vitiligo. 2. ...
Afamelanotide plus UV-B phototherapy effective for vitiligo
1. In patients with vitiligo, treatment with a combination of afamelanotide and narrowband UV-B (NB-UV-B) phototherapy resulted in faster re-pigmentation ...
Population-based risk factors and geographical trends identified for vitiligo
1. Foreign born adults with vitiligo self-reported lower affected body surface area (BSA) when compared with native born US adults. ...