Vitiligo

Section 1. Defining the Disease

1. Historical Aspects
Yvon Gauthier, Laila Benzekri

2. Epidemiology, Definitions and Classification
Alain Taïeb, Mauro Picardo

3. Histopathology
Flávia Pretti Aslanian, Absalom Filgueira, Tullia Cuzzi, Béatrice Vergier

4. Generalized Vitiligo
Thierry Passeron, Jean-Paul Ortonne

5. Segmental Vitiligo
Seung-Kyung Hann, Yvon Gauthier, Laila Benzekri

6. Vitiligo Universalis
Prasad Kumarasinghe

7. Mucosal Vitiligo
Davinder Parsad

8. Halo Nevi and Vitiligo
Thomas Jouary, Alain Taïeb

9. Hair Involvement in Vitiligo
Rafael Falabella

10. Non-Skin Melanocytes in Vitiligo
Raymond E. Boissy

11. Autoimmune/Inflammatory and Other Diseases Associated with Vitiligo
Ilse Mollet, Nanny Geel, Jo Lambert

12. Vitiligo and Immunodeficiencies
Khaled Ezzedine, Sébastien Lepreux, Alain Taïeb

13. Inflammatory Vitiligo
Khaled Ezzedine, Julien Seneschal, Ratnam Attili, Alain Taïeb

14. Rare Inherited Diseases and Vitiligo
Alain Taïeb, Fanny Morice-Picard

15. Vitiligo in Childhood
Juliette Mazereeuw-Hautier, Alain Taïeb

16. Late-Onset Vitiligo
Davinder Parsad, Dipankar De

17. Evaluation, Assessment and Scoring
Alain Taïeb, Mauro Picardo

18. Quality of Life
Davinder Parsad

19. Natural History and Prognosis
Davinder Parsad

20. Defining the Disease: Editor's Synthesis
Alain Taïeb, Mauro Picardo

Section 2. Understanding the Disease

21. Pathophysiology Overview
Mauro Picardo, Alain Taïeb

22. Genetics
Richard Spritz

23. Environmental Factors
Yvon Gauthier, Laila Benzekri, Raymond E. Boissy

24. In Vivo Data
Marco Ardigò, Yvon Gauthier, Francesca Muzio, Mauro Picardo, Valeria Brazzelli

25. Animal Models
Gisela F. Erf

26. In Vitro Approaches
Muriel Cario-André, Maria Lucia Dell'Anna

27. Oxidative Stress
Mauro Picardo, Maria Lucia Dell'Anna

28. Immune/Inflammatory Aspects
Alain Taïeb, Anna Peroni, Giampiero Girolomoni, E. Helen Kemp, Anthony P. Weetman, David J. Gawkrodger, I. Caroline Le Poole, David A. Norris

29. Cytokines and Growth Factors
Genji Imokawa, Silvia Moretti, G Imokawa, S Moretti, M Picardo, A Taïeb, Moretti Silvia, G Imokawa

30. Proopiomelanocortin and Related Hormones
Markus Böhm

31. Other Hypotheses
Mauro Picardo

32. Particular Clinical Characteristics of Segmental Vitiligo
Seung-Kyung Hann

33. The Concept of Mosaicism Applied to SV
Alain Taïeb

34. The Neurogenic Hypothesis in Segmental Vitiligo
Yvon Gauthier, Laila Benzekri

35. Segmental Vitiligo: A Model for Understanding the Recapitulation of Repigmentation
Hsin-Su Yu, Cheng-Che Eric Lan, Ching-Shuang Wu

36. Editor’s Synthesis
Mauro Picardo, Alain Taïeb

Section 3. Therapy

37. Management Overview
Alain Taïeb, Mauro Picardo

38. Topical Corticosteroids
J. P. Wietze Veen, Bas S. Wind, Alain Taïeb

39. Calcineurin Inhibitors
N. Geel, B. Boone, I. Mollet, J. Lambert

40. Vitamin D Analogues
Mauro Picardo

41. PUVA and Related Treatments
Agustin Alomar

42. UVB Total Body and Targeted Phototherapies
Giovanni Leone, Adrian Tanew

43. Vitamins and Antioxidants: Topical and Systemic
Mauro Picardo, Maria Lucia Dell'Anna

44. Corticosteroid Minipulses
Davinder Parsad, Dipankar

45. Other Immunosuppressive Regimen
Markus Böhm

46. Empirical, Traditional, and Alternative Treatments
Mauro Picardo, Alain Taïeb

47. Background and Techniques
Mats J. Olsson

48. The Outcomes: Lessons About Surgical Therapy for Vitiligo in the Past Two Decades
Rafael Falabella

49. Combined Therapies for Vitiligo
Thierry Passeron, Jean-Paul Ortonne

50. Camouflage
Thomas Jouary, Alida Pase

51. Photoprotection Issues
Alessia Pacifico, Giovanni Leone, Mauro Picardo

52. Depigmenting Agents
Mauro Picardo, Maria Lucia Dell'Anna

53. Therapy Adapted for Age, Gender, and Specific Locations
Alain Taïeb, L. Nieuweboer-Krobotova

54. Psychological Interventions
Panagiota Kostopoulou, Alain Taïeb

55. The Patient Perspective
Maxine Eloise Whitton, Alida Pase

56. Evidence-Based Medicine Perspective
Jean-Paul Ortonne, Thierry Passeron, DJ Gawkrodger, Davinder Parsad, Somesh Gupta

57. Editor's Synthesis and Perspectives
Alain Taïeb, Mauro Picardo

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Dermatology, Internal Medicine, Plastic Surgery, Human Genetics, Cell Biology