The present study was aimed at evaluating correlations between clinical response and the histochemical and immunohistochemical changes in vitiligo patches treated with narrow-band UVB phototherapy. Eighteen patients, 13 females and 5 males, aged between 15 and 67 years, affected by vitiligo were recruited and 14 patients completed the study. Before starting the narrow-band UVB treatment three biopsies were carried out on the lesional, perilesional and healthy skin of each patient, excluding the face.
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