%0 Journal Article %A MAKVANDI, M %A SHAHBA, N %A RADMANESH, N %A ABBASI, EM %T STUDIES ON CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION AND ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY AMONG VITILIGO PATIENTS IN AHWAZ IRAN %J Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran %V 14 %N 3 %U http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-853-en.html %R %D 2000 %K Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Vitiligo, Antinuclear antibody (ANA)., %X 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 %> http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-853-en.pdf %P 203-205 %& 203 %! CMV Infection in Vitiligo %9 Original Research %L A-10-298-306 %+ From the Departments of Virology and Dermatology, Ahwaz University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz, I.R. Iran. %G eng %@ 1016-1430 %[ 2000