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Syndromes with Hypomelanosis
Syndromes with hypomelanosis are introduced: Alezzandrini syndrome, Chediak–Higashi syndrome, Griscelli syndrome, Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome, Menkes kinky hair syndrome, oculocerebral syndrome with hypopigmenta...
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Hypochromic Hairs
The authors present the reader with alopecia lesions sparing white hair, colocalization of vitiligo and alopecia areata, melanogenesis impairment heralding alopecia areata, regrowth of white hair in alopecia a...
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Syndromes with Hypermelanosis
In this chapter, the authors concisely introduced syndromes with hypermelanosis, including H syndrome, Kindler syndrome, Laugier–Hunziker syndrome, LEOPARD syndrome, Mccune–Albright syndrome, Parry–Romberg syn...
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Reticulated Hyperpigmentation
Reticulated hyperpigmentation presents in a broad spectrum of disorders encompassing dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria with giant melanosomes, dychromatosis universalis inherita, dermatopathia pigmentosa ...
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Nonmelanotic Pigmentary Disorders with Abnormal Deposits
Non-melanotic pigmentary disorders with abnormal deposits often pose a diagnostic challenge to clinicians. This chapter comprises hyperpigmentation of the nail from lead deposition, arsenical melanoderma, arse...
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Disorders of Pigmentation of the Nails and Mucous Membranes
In this chapter, nail and mucosal pigmentary disorders are elaborately presented, including congenital leukonychia totalis, longitudinal leukonychia, mees’ lines, congenital mees’ lines with reticular periungu...
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Hypomelanoses Related to Inflammation and Immunological Reactions
Hypomelanoses associated with inflammation and immunological reaction are listed in this chapter, including pintoid dyschromia of yaws, leucoderma syphiliticum, post-kala-azar dermatosis, tinea versicolor, eru...
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Hyperpigmentation with Café-au-Lait Spots or Lentigines
This chapter encompasses a unique group of hyperpigmented skin conditions with cafe-au-lait spots or lentigines, including familial multiple cafe-au-lait spots, segmental neurofibromatosis, neurofibromatosis w...
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Linear and Blaschkoid Hyperpigmentation
Various skin diseases exhibiting linear and Blaschkoid hyperpigmentation are presented in this chapter: linear and whorled nevoid hypermelanosis, linea fusca, heel-line hyperpigmentation, mitten-line hyperpigm...
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Congenital and Acquired Dermal Hypermelanosis
The dermal melanocytoses comprise nevus of Ota, nevus of Ito, Mongolian spot, acquired dermal melanocytosis, Hori’s nevus, and blue nevi, among others. Histologically, they are characterized by the presence of...
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Acquired Hyperchromia with Lichenoid Changes
Lichenoid reactions may cause various types of acquired hyperchromia, including lichen planus pigmentosus, annular atrophic lichen planus, reticulated lichen planus, linear lichen planus pigmentosus around the...
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Genetic and Genetically-Susceptible Hypomelanoses
This chapter consists of piebaldism, oculocutaneous albinism, unilateral hypomelanosis of Ito, tuberous sclerosis, phylloid hypomelanosis, acral speckled hypomelanosis, nevus depigmentosus, leukoderma punctata...
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Fungal Infections
In this chapter, the authors present a variety of skin disorders associated with fungal infections such as adult atypical favus; kerion caused by Microsporum nanum; dermatophytosis of the groin, scrotum, and peni...
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rhCSF3 accelerates the proliferation of human melanocytes in culture through binding CSF3R and the expression of CSF3R transcripts
Melanogenic paracrine and autocrine cytokine networks have recently been discovered in vitro between melanocytes and other types of skin cells. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptor (CSF3R) controls t...
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Culture of amelanotic melanocytes derived from human fetal hair follicles
Human melanocyte stem cells (MSCs) or melanoblasts are not well-investigated owing to the devoid of suitable culture system. Establishing cell lines of MSCs and/or their progenies from human hair follicles wil...
