Medical News Today: What is poliosis?

Awad, S. S. (2013, March). Repigmentation of poliosis after epithelial grafting for vitiligo [Abstract]. Dermatologic Surgery, 39(3 Pt 1), 406–411. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23294472

Bae, J. M., Kwon, H. S., Lee, J. H., & Kim, G. M. (2016, July). Repigmentation of poliosis in a patient with segmental vitiligo [Abstract]. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 75(1), e23–e24. Retrieved from http://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(16)01334-7/abstract

Hunter, P. (2012, November). The inflammation theory of disease. EMBO Reports, 13(11), 968–970. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3492709/

Hypothyroidism. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.btf-thyroid.org/information/leaflets/29-hypothyroidism-guide

Kay, K. M., Kim, J. H., & Lee, T. S. (2010, August 3). Poliosis of eyelashes as an unusual sign of a halo nevus. Korean Journal of Ophthalmology, 24(4), 237–239. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2916106/

Nahm, M., Navarini, A. A., & Kelly, E. W. (2013, April–June). Canities subita: A reappraisal of evidence based on 196 case reports published in the medical literature. International Journal of Trichology, 5(2), 63–68. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877474/

Ndibazza, J., Lule, S., Nampijja, M., Mpairwe, H., Oduru, G., Kiggundu, M., … Elliott, A. M. (2011, July 18). A description of congenital anomalies among infants in Entebbe, Uganda Birth Defects Research. Part A, Clinical and Molecular Teratology, 91(9), 857–861. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3272344/

Nordlund, J. J., Taylor, N. T., Albert, D. M., Wagoner, M. D., & Lerner, A. B. (1981, May). The prevalence of vitiligo and poliosis in patients with uveitis [Abstract]. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 4(5), 528–536. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7195407

Rathod, D. J., & Shuttleworth, G. N. (2007, July–August). Anterior uveitis, poliosis, and skin hypopigmentation associated with topical chloramphenicol allergy following ptosis surgery [Abstract]. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 23(4), 318–319. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17667109

Rodriguez, N. A., & Ascaso, F. J. (2011, June). Trichomegaly and poliosis of the eyelashes during cetuximab treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 29(18), e532–e533. Retrieved from http://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JCO.2011.34.6858

Sleiman, R., Kurban, M., Succaria, F., & Abbas, O. (2013, October). Poliosis circumscripta: Overview and underlying causes [Abstract]. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 69(4), 625–633. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23850259

Tabbara, K. F. (2012, March). Reversal of poliosis and vitiligo following Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. JAMA Ophthalmology, 130(3), 394–396. Retrieved from https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/1148442

Uncu, S., Yayli, S., Bahadir, S., Ökten, A., & Alpay, K. (2011, January 19). Relevance of autoimmune thyroiditis in children and adolescents with vitiligo [Abstract]. International Journal of Dermatology, 50(2) 175–179. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04665.x/abstract