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I have vitiligo,vill my children have vitiligo?-1
Type:Uv phototherapy Time:2017-05-19 14:19:54Be optimistic! If you have vitiligo, most probably your children will not have vitiligo.
The genetic component in vitiligo is weak and quite inconsistent.
If I have vitiligo, it is possible that all my relatives may have increased probability of developing vitiligo.
Identical twins have only 23% concordance of developing vitiligo: this means that the pure genetic component of the disease is not really dominant.
Most cases of vitiligo are sporadic, thus it is not necessary that children of parents with vitiligo will also develop vitiligo.
In less than 20% of vitiligo patients are close relatives affected.
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