TY - JOUR T1 - STUDIES ON CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION AND ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY AMONG VITILIGO PATIENTS IN AHWAZ IRAN TT - JF - MJIRI JO - MJIRI VL - 14 IS - 3 UR - http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-853-en.html Y1 - 2000 SP - 203 EP - 205 KW - Cytomegalovirus (CMV) KW - Vitiligo KW - Antinuclear antibody (ANA). N2 - 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 M3 ER -