Vitiligo and juvenile diabetes mellitus

Arch Dermatol. 1977 Nov;113(11):1515-7.

Abstract

Five juvenile diabetics had vitiligo. In two children, the vitiligo preceded the onset of diabetes. Four of the five patients had thyroid, adrenal, or gastric antibodies or a combination of these. In three children HLA-B8 antigens were detected, and one additional patient had HLA-Bw15. Of eight nondiabetic children with vitiligo, one had abnormal glucose tolerance. To the evidence supporting an autoimmune form of diabetes mellitus we add another observation: the association of insulin-dependent diabetes and childhood vitiligo.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Autoantibodies / analysis
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / complications*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / immunology
  • Female
  • Glucose Tolerance Test
  • HLA Antigens / classification
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Vitiligo / blood
  • Vitiligo / complications*
  • Vitiligo / immunology

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • HLA Antigens