<p class="abstract"><strong>Background: </strong>Vitiligo is characterized by milky-white macules affecting the skin and mucous membranes. It occurs due to progressive loss of functioning melanocytes from affected areas. may affect any age group gender. Genetic, immunological, neural, self-destructive mechanisms be involved in its pathogenesis. Both autoimmune non-autoimmune d...

Background: Vitiligo is an autoimmune pigment disease, and marked by well-defined depigmented patches or macules attributable to the loss of functioning melanocytes in epidermis hair infundibulum. Objective: To test serum levels Vitamin D contrast effects controls vitligo patients.Methods: It a case-control study conducted hospital setting that involves 100 patients out which 50 cases controls....

Vitamin D adalah vitamin yang larut di dalam lemak tersedia 2 bentuk: ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) dan cholecalciferol D3). Terdapat dua sumber utama yaitu Ultraviolet B merupakan makanan seperti cod liver oil, yogurt, susu lain-lain. Kulit tempat sintesis organ target dari bentuk aktif D. kulit memiliki berbagai macam fungsi diferensiasi proliferasi keratinosit, berperan pada proses imunologis,...

Acne vulgaris is a chronic inflammatory skin disease of the pilosebaceous unit. Its pathogenesis multifactorial and involves overlap between four main processes: alteration keratinization, increased sebum production, colonization with Cutibacterium acnes, inflammation. The role oxidative stress (OS) has been intensively studied in conditions such as psoriasis, vitiligo, or atopic dermatitis. Ho...

Practicingdermatologists todayareusingphototherapy to treat psoriasis, vitiligo, atopic dermatitis, and many other common and uncommon dermatoses. Treatments like narrowband UV-B (NB-UV-B), psoralen plus UV-A (PUVA), UV-A-1, and excimer laser are now in the armamentariumof today’sdermatologist. Butwhendid theuseofphototherapy in treating skin disease actually begin? Surprisingly, the history of...

Alopecia areata (AA) is an inflammatory non-scarring hair loss that affects the anagen-stage hair follicles. It is determined by an autoimmune process and characterized histologically by peri-and intra-follicular infiltration of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells (1). At present the most effective therapy for AA is di phenylcyclopropenone (DPCP), a contact sensitizer that has been used in the treatment of e...