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Results 1 - 10 of 29 for vitiligo OR hyperpigmentation
  1. Vitiligo 
    Vitiligo is a condition that causes patchy loss of skin coloring (pigmentation). In addition, hair on these ... appear white. The average age of onset of vitiligo is in the mid-twenties, but it can ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/vitiligo - Genetics
  2. Dowling-Degos disease 
    ... like (reticulate) pattern of abnormally dark skin coloring (hyperpigmentation), particularly in the body's folds and creases. ... face, scalp, scrotum, and vulva. These areas of hyperpigmentation typically cause no health problems.Individuals with Dowling- ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/dowling-degos-disease - Genetics
  3. NLRP1 gene 
    ... the NLRP1 gene with an increased risk of vitiligo, an autoimmune condition that results in patchy changes ... One of the NLRP1 gene variation associated with vitiligos, written as Leu155His or L155H, changes the protein ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/nlrp1 - Genetics
  4. PTPN22 gene 
    ... the PTPN22 gene with an increased risk of vitiligo, an autoimmune condition that results in patchy changes ... own tissues. While the pigment loss associated with vitiligo results from the immune system attacking pigment-producing ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/ptpn22 - Genetics
  5. Piebaldism 
    ... Piebaldism is sometimes mistaken for another condition called vitiligo, which also causes unpigmented patches of skin. People are not born with vitiligo, but acquire it later in life, and it ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/piebaldism - Genetics
  6. Autoimmune Addison disease 
    ... Addison disease is abnormally dark areas of skin (hyperpigmentation), especially in regions that experience a lot of ... leading to hypoglycemia, hyponatremia, hypotension, muscle cramps, skin hyperpigmentation and other features of autoimmune Addison disease.Rarely, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/autoimmune-addison-disease - Genetics
  7. Naegeli-Franceschetti-Jadassohn syndrome/dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis 
    ... brown or gray skin coloring, known as reticulate hyperpigmentation. This darker pigmentation is seen most often on ... in and around the eyes and mouth. Reticulate hyperpigmentation appears in infancy or early childhood. It may ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...rome-dermatopathia-pigmentosa-reticularis - Genetics
  8. PLCG2-associated antibody deficiency and immune dysregulation 
    ... disorders associated with PLAID include autoimmune thyroiditis and vitiligo. Autoimmune thyroiditis results from damage to the butterfly- ... producing gland in the lower neck (the thyroid). Vitiligo is caused by attacks on the pigment cells ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...ibody-deficiency-and-immune-dysregulation - Genetics
  9. Hashimoto's disease 
    ... increased risk of developing other autoimmune disorders, including vitiligo, rheumatoid arthritis, Addison disease, type 1 diabetes, multiple ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/hashimotos-disease - Genetics
  10. Graves' disease 
    ... Addison disease, celiac disease, type 1 diabetes, and vitiligo.Variations in many genes have been studied as ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/graves-disease - Genetics
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