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A child with hypopigmented patches on the trunk: Is it vitiligo?
2003
Asia Pacific Family Medicine
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The parents of a 3-year-old boy are extremely worried by the appearance, over the preceding 3-4 months, of multiple irregularly shaped hypopigmented patches, predominantly over the anterior and posterior trunk (Fig. 1) . Itch does not seem to be a feature and the child is otherwise healthy. The mother is concerned as her own brother developed similar areas of pigment loss as an adult and has been diagnosed with vitiligo. Your further questioning of the parents reveals that the father of the
doi:10.1046/j.1444-1683.2003.00077.x
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