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Vitamin D represents a potential player in the pathogenesis of vitiligo. Its possible regulatory relation to IL-17, together with its weight as a screening tool in vitiligo, needs further evaluation.
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Vitamin D represents a potential player in the complex pathogenesis of vitiligo. Its possible regulatory relation with IL-17 as a proinflammatory cytokine involved in such disease, together with its real weight as a screening tool for susceptibility of vitiligo, is worthy of further analysis and evaluation. Studying the effect of vitamin D supplements in active versus stable vitiligo, with a large number of patients, should be considered.
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This page is a summary of: Is There a Relation between Vitamin D and Interleukin-17 in Vitiligo? A Cross-Sectional Study, Dermatology, September 2017, Karger Publishers,
DOI: 10.1159/000479925.
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