I have vitiligo,vill my children have vitiligo?-2

Type:Uv phototherapy   Time:2017-05-19 14:20:31 Although most cases of vitiligo are sporadic, familial clustering is not uncommon, and up to 20% of patients report to having affected relatives. In Caucasians, the lifetime frequency of vitiligo among patients¡¯ siblings is 6.1%, an 18-fold increase over the studied population. The frequency of vitiligo among first degree relatives in Caucasian, Indo - Pakistani, and Hispanic populations is 7.1%, 6.1%, and 4.8%, respectively, compared to an estimated worldwide frequency of 0.14% to 2%.

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