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Vitiligo Learning Center

Depigmented areas are more likely to sunburn or develop certain skin cancers.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 11, 2008
The condition is usually gradually progressive. Sometimes the patches grow rapidly over a short period, and then the condition remains stable for many years.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Photosensitivity is any increase in the reactivity of the skin to sunlight.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Skin cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal skin cells. If left unchecked, these cancer cells can spread from the skin into other tissues and organs. There are different types of skin cancer. Basal cell carcinoma is the most common. Melanom...
Source:ADAM
Date:August 12, 2009
Skin cancer is a malignant growth of the external surface or epithelial layer of the skin.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Hyperthyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland makes too much thyroid hormone. The condition is often referred to as an "overactive thyroid."
Source:ADAM
Date:April 29, 2009
Hyperthyroidism is the overproduction of thyroid hormones by an overactive thyroid.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Hyperthyroidism is the overproduction of thyroid hormones by an overactive thyroid gland.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Hyperthyroidism is the condition that reflects excessive concentrations of thyroid hormones, due to any cause. The resulting hypermetabolic state causes increased heat production and accelerates many of the bodies' processes. Common causes are Gra...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Hyperthyroidism is the overproduction of thyroid hormones by an overactive thyroid.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Pernicious anemia is a decrease in red blood cells that occurs when the body cannot properly absorb vitamin B12 from the gastrointestinal tract. Vitamin B12 is necessary for the proper development of red blood cells. Pernicious anemia is a type of...
Source:ADAM
Date:November 23, 2008
Pernicious anemia is a disease in which the red blood cells are abnormally formed, due to an inability to absorb vitamin B 12 . True pernicious anemia refers specifically to a disorder of atrophied parietal cells leading to absent intrinsic factor...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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