title: Prevalence of Impaired Hearing and Vision in Patients with Vitiligo.
abstract: Vitiligo is a common dermatosis occurring with a frequency of about 0.2-4.0% in world population. The main skin symptom of disease are white patches appearing as a result of destruction or dysfunction of pigment cells (melanocytes). Melanocytes are localized not only in epidermis and bulge region of hair follicle, but also in inner ear and eyeball structures, and therefore vitiligo may coexists with auditory and visual disorders. The most frequent auditory and visual disturbances occurring in vitiligo patients are discussed in this article.
authors.forename: Czanita
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cieścińska
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pawlak-Osińska
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marzec
authors.forename: Karolina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaźmierczak
authors.forename: Grażyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malukiewicz
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Drewa
authors.affiliation: Rafal Czajkowski, MD, PhD, DSc, Chair and Clinic of Dermatology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Immunodermatology, NCU, Antoni Jurasz University Hospital No 1, 9, Sklodowskiej-Curie str., 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland; r.czajkowski@cm.umk.pl.
authors.forename: Rafał
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Czajkowski
mesh_terms: D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000150:complications*