title: Vitiligo and alopecia areata in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
abstract: In patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) the development of autoimmune diseases, while not life threatening, is an interesting phenomenon that may result from immune dysfunction or from B cell infection by HIV, Epstein-Barr virus, or other unknown viruses. Vitiligo and alopecia areata are among the autoimmune diseases that have been reported in 11 patients infected with HIV. We describe a 47-year-old man who had vitiligo and alopecia areata approximately 2 years after testing positive for HIV antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston 77030, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duvic
mesh_terms: D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000209:etiology*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000209:etiology*