Tag Jean-Paul Ortonne

Vitiligo and Other Disorders of Hypopigmentation

Key features ▪ Leukoderma and hypopigmentation refer to lightening of the skin, which is classically due to decreased epidermal melanin (hypomelanosis) ▪ Melanocytopenic hypomelanosis, characterized by a reduction in the number of melanocytes, can result from a variety of defects…