Vitiligo, an autoimmune integumentary disorder affecting 0.5%-2% of the population worldwide, is characterized by depigmented macules resulting from the loss of epidermal melanocytes. 1 Phototherapy is the first-line treatment and stimulates the immune response by enhancing proliferation and migration of melanocyte precursors to the interfollicular epidermis. 2 In the past few decades,
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