Abstract
We describe a 14-year-old boy who developed total leucoderma during the course of chronic graft-versus-host disease, which developed after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Skin biopsy and dihydroxy-phenylalanine staining revealed a total absence of melanocytes from the epidermis. Cytotoxic anti-melanocyte antibodies were found in the patient's serum, and this probably explains the development of the leucoderma.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 780-783 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | British Journal of Dermatology |
| Volume | 134 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |