Vitiligo in diabetes mellitus.
We studied the association between vitiligo and diabetes mellitus, and found that vitiligo is associated with insulin-dependent diabetes but not with non-insulin-dependent diabetes. This gives further weight to the theory that vitiligo is an autoimmune disease.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000150:complications*