Are clinical features and histological findings potential indicators of activity in lesions of common vitiligo?
A simple clinical examination including a Wood's lamp examination may allow reliable and efficient evaluation of the stability of vitiligo lesions.
Subjective respiratory symptoms can be learned in response to harmless stimuli and a substantial proportion of patients with asthma might be especially vulnerable to this phenomenon. Because asthma patients rely mainly on perceived symptoms for their medication use, it is likely that they will take reliever medication based on expected symptoms instead of real exacerbations of respiratory dysfunction.