@ARTICLE{MAKVANDI, author = {MAKVANDI, M and SHAHBA, N and RADMANESH, N and ABBASI, EM and }, title = {STUDIES ON CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION AND ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY AMONG VITILIGO PATIENTS IN AHWAZ IRAN}, volume = {14}, number = {3}, abstract ={Recently, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, the DNA of cytomegalovirus was detected from depigmented white patches in patients with vitiligo. The reactivation of infection and occasional anti-CMV IgM circulating among patients infected by cytomegalovirus has been reported for years. We have studied 26 patients with clinical signs and symptoms of vitiligo, some of whom had a history of disease for years. Of these patients, 7 cases (26.92%) showed positive for anti-CMV IgM, indicating the presence of cytomegalovirus infection among vitiligo patients which differed significantly from control subjects (p }, URL = {http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-853-en.html}, eprint = {http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-853-en.pdf}, journal = {Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran}, doi = {}, year = {2000} }