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HIPOPIGMENTACION [1 record]

Record 1 2003-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A congenital or acquired decrease in melanin production.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Les achromies ou hypopigmentation (hypomélanoses, leucodermies) sont dues soit à la diminution ou à l'absence de mélanocytes dans la couche basale de l'épiderme, soit à un déficit du transport des granules de mélanine entre les mélanocytes et les kératinocytes de la couche de Malpighi, soit à un trouble de la mélanogénèse ne permettant pas aux mélanosomes contenus dans les mélanocytes d'élaborer la mélanine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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