Multivariate analysis of favtors associated with early onset segmental and
nonsegmental vitiligo: a prospective observational study of 213 patients.
Basically, two types of compression pump exist: segmental, also called sequential or dynamic, and static or
nonsegmental. Static PC involves the affected limb with a single continuous high-pressure chamber, which compresses the entire limb at once.
The Efficacy of Pimecrolimus1% Cream Combined with Microdermabrasion in the Treatment of
Nonsegmental Childhood Vitiligo: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Study.
According to a recent international consensus conference, vitiligo can be classified into two major forms:
nonsegmental vitiligo (NSV) and segmental vitiligo (SV, accounts for 5-16% of all vitiligo cases).
This is a particular issue because biopsies are often taken when patients are suspected of having idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; however, the classic peripheral, lower lobe-predominant,
nonsegmental honeycomb fibrosis (68) is absent or the radiographic findings overlap with other processes causing fibrosis.
Combination Vitiligo: Rarely segmental and
nonsegmental types occur in same patient.
Atasoy, "Regulatory T-cell cytokines in patients with
nonsegmental vitiligo," International Journal of Dermatology, vol.
Teulings and colleagues from the department of dermatology and the Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders at the University of Amsterdam presented a retrospective analysis of seven patients diagnosed with MAL from 2009-2014, who had been initially diagnosed with
nonsegmental vitiligo.
The polymorphism at position -1305, also very frequent among the 1000 Genomes populations, was associated with
nonsegmental vitiligo [89].
