Pigmentary disorders in ethnic skin.
Pigmentary disorders are commonly seen in ethnic skin. They are psychologically problematic in darker skin. Treatment of many of these disorders remains difficult.
Halder
Rebat M
RM
Department of Dermatology, Howard University College of Medicine, 2041 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20060, USA.
Nandedkar
Maithily A
MA
Neal
Kenneth W
KW
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017495:Hyperpigmentation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology; D017496:Hypopigmentation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology