2 results match your criteria: "Institute for Pigmentary Disorders in Association with Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University[Affiliation]"
Disease-related behavioral patterns and experiences affect quality of life in children and adolescents with vitiligo.
Int J Dermatol
January 2014
Institute for Pigmentary Disorders in association with Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald, GermanyCentre for Skin Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK.
Background: Vitiligo is an acquired, non-contagious depigmentation disorder involving a patchy loss of skin color. It often leads to stigmatization, embarrassment, and reduced quality of life (QoL) in adult patients. Little is known about children's reactions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOxidative stress in vitiligo: photo-oxidation of pterins produces H(2)O(2) and pterin-6-carboxylic acid.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
April 2002
Institute for Pigmentary Disorders in Association with Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany.
Patients with vitiligo accumulate millimolar levels of H(2)O(2) in their epidermis. The recycling process of (6R)-l-erythro-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin in these patients is disrupted due to deactivation of 4a-OH-BH(4) dehydratase by H(2)O(2). The H(2)O(2) oxidation products 6- and 7-biopterin lead to the characteristic fluorescence of the affected skin upon Wood's light examination (UVA 351 nm).
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