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Vitiligo Models

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A for vitiligo was described by Lerner et al. (1986), designated C57BL/6 J-vit/vit. The vitiligo mouse has congenital dorsal and ventral white spots as well as progressive replacement of pigmented hairs with each spontaneous molt or after plucking.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, UC San Francisco, 90 Medical Center Way, Surge 110, 0989, 94143-0989, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Howard Maibach

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Maibach, H. (2015). Vitiligo Models. In: Hock, F. (eds) Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Pharmacological Assays. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27728-3_102-1

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