• DOI:10.1001/2013.jamadermatol.386
Corpus ID: 5149052

The efficacy of afamelanotide and narrowband UV-B phototherapy for repigmentation of vitiligo.

@article{Grimes2013TheEO,
  title={The efficacy of afamelanotide and narrowband UV-B phototherapy for repigmentation of vitiligo.},
  author={P. Grimes and I. Hamzavi and M. Lebwohl and J. Ortonne and H. Lim},
  journal={JAMA dermatology},
  year={2013},
  volume={149 1},
  pages={
          68-73
        }
}

P. Grimes, I. Hamzavi, +2 authors H. Lim

Published 2013

Medicine

JAMA dermatology

BACKGROUND Vitiligo is characterized by depigmented patches of skin due to loss of cutaneous melanocytes. Many recent studies have demonstrated defects in the melanocortin system in patients with vitiligo, including decreased circulating and lesional skin levels of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH). Afamelanotide is a potent and longer-lasting synthetic analogue of naturally occurring α-MSH. OBSERVATIONS We describe the preliminary results of 4 patients with generalized vitiligo who… CONTINUE READING

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