Vitiligo
Conditions
Brief summary
Acrofacial vitiligo is a clinical form of vitiligo characterized by macules in distal digits, periorificial-facial and ano-genital areas. Vitiligo European Task Force classifies vitiligo as generalized or localized; generalized vitiligo may be further sub-divided into acrofacial, vulgaris and universalis, and localized vitiligo, into segmental and focal. Some authors do not believe that acrofacial is a real vitiligo clinical form, considering it as an initial form of vulgaris vitiligo. The aim of this study is to follow early- diagnosed acrofacial patients during ten years in order to define if these patients will maintain this clinical form or will evolute to a more severe clinical form.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericordia de Curitiba
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Patients of both genders, aged older than years, able to understand and provide written informed consent and able to allow compliance at the treatment and the requirements of the protocol; 2. Presence of acrofacial vitiligo; 3. Able to comprehend and willing to provide written informed consent in accordance with institutional and regulatory guidelines.
Exclusion criteria
1- Subjects assessed as not suitable for the study in the opinion of the investigator 2 -Inability to complete survey
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Primary ContactCaio Cesar C Castro, MD, PhD
Outcome results
None listed