title: Autoimmune diseases associated with neurofibromatosis type 1.
abstract: Associations of autoimmune diseases with neurofibromatosis type 1 have been rarely described. In the present report, we describe two patients of neurofibromatosis type 1 having an association with vitiligo in one, and alopecia areata and autoimmune thyroiditis in another. The associations of neurofibromatosis type 1 with vitiligo, alopecia areata, and autoimmune thyroiditis have not been reported earlier. Whether these associations reflect a causal relationship with neurofibromatosis type 1 or are coincidental needs to be settled.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dermatology Unit, As'ad Al-Hamad Dermatology Center, Al-Sabah Hospital, Kuwait. artinanda@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Arti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nanda
mesh_terms: D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D019080:Cafe-au-Lait Spots / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications*; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology