Summer 2012 VSI Newsletter Bibliography

Buttanri S, Parlak AH, Boran C, Tirak E. (2012) Impression cytology of the ocular surface and tear function in patients with periocular vitiligo. European Journal of Ophthalmology. DOI: 10.5301/ejo.5000099.

Ezzedine K, Diallo A, Leaute-Labreze C, Mossalayi D, Gauthier Y, Bouchtnei S, Carlo-Andre M, Seneschal J, Boralevi F, Jouary T, and Taieb A. (2011) Multivariate analysis of factors associated with early-onset segmental and nonsegmental vitiligo: a prospective observational study of 213 patients. British Journal of Dermatology. 165:44-49.

Jin Y, Birlea S, Fain P, Ferrara T, Ben S, Riccardi S, Cole J, Gowan K, Holland P, Bennett A, Luiten R, Wolkerstorfer A, Wietze van der Veen J, Hartmann A, Eichner S, Schuler G, van  Geel, N, Lambert J, Kemp EH, Gawkrodger D, Weetman A, Taieb A, Jouary T, Ezzedine K, Wallace M, McCormack W, Picardo M, Leone G, Overbeck A, Silverberg N, Spritz R. (2012) Genome-wide association analyses identify 13 new susceptibility loci for generalized vitiligo. Nature Genetics. DOI:10.1038.ng.xxxx.

Jung K, Seifert M, Herrling Th, Fuchs J. (2007) UV-generated free radicals (FR) in skin: Their prevention by sunscreens and their induction by self-tanning agents. Spechtrochim. Acta Part A: Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2007.09.029.

Linthorst Homan May, Spuls P, de Korte J, Bos J, Sprangers M, van der Veen JP. (2009) The burden of vitiligo: Patient characteristics associated with quality of life. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 61(3):411-420.

Murase J, Koo J, Berger T. (2010) Narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy influences serum folate levels in patients with vitiligo. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 62(4):710-711.

Nicolaidou Electra, Antoniou C, Miniati A, Lagogianni E, Matekovits A, Stratigos A, Katsambas A. (2012) Childhood- and later-onset vitiligo have diverse epidemiologic and clinical characteristics. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 66(6):954-958.

Park K, Murase J (2012) Narrowband UV-B phototherapy during pregnancy and folic acid depletion. Archives of Dermatology. 148(1):132-133.

Stojanovich L, Marisavljevich D. (2008) Stress as a trigger of autoimmune disease. Autoimmune Review. 7(3):209-213.

Sunscreens for safe fun in the sun. Consumer Reports. June 2012 p. 9.