[Dermatology and skin color].
Melanin is the pigment that is responsible for skin, hair and eye colours. Genetics and sun exposure are the two key factors that determine skin pigmentation. In dermatology, skin colours is significant, not only for semiology and diagnosis, but also for epidemiology and wounds healing.
Petit
Antoine
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Service de dermatologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis (AP-HP), Paris. antoine.petit@sls.aphp.fr
D003880:Dermatology; D004485:Eczema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005127:Eye Color; D006200:Hair Color; D006801:Humans; D008543:Melanins / Q000502:physiology*; D012880:Skin Pigmentation / Q000502:physiology*; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014945:Wound Healing
D008543:Melanins