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Journal Article 
Vitiligo in Children: A Distinct Subset 
Habib, A 
2016 
26 
3 
173-176 
English 
26975945 
OBJECTIVE: To determine clinical profile of vitiligo in children.

STUDY DESIGN: Adescriptive study.

PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: Combined Military Hospital, Abbottabad, from January 2010 to June 2013.

METHODOLOGY: All new patients below the age of 15 years, clinically diagnosed to have vitiligo, were included in the study. A detailed history was obtained, thorough physical examination was performed, and findings were recorded on a specially designed proforma for each patient separately. Computer programme SPSS-14 was used to manage and analyze the data.

RESULTS: Out of 157 children, 68 (43.3%) were males and 89 (56.7%) were females. Mean age at onset was 6.55 ±3.43 years. The disease started before 10 years of age in 123 (78.3%) children. Average duration of the disease was 1.48 ±1.87 years. Average duration of the disease was 1.73 ±2.09 years in male children and 1.29 ±1.67 years in female children. Generalized vitiligo was the commonest type (n = 83, 52.9%). The disease started most commonly from head and neck (n = 75, 47.8%). A family history of vitiligo was found in forty-nine (31.2%) children, Koebner phenomenon in 39 (24.8%) children and associated autoimmune or endocrine diseases in 8 (5.1%) patients.

CONCLUSION: Majority of the children developed the disease before 10 years of age. Generalized vitiligo was the commonest type. Childhood vitiligo was more common in female children.