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Official Title: Chorioretinal Changes in Vitiligo Patients on Therapy
Brief Summary: Vitiligo patients on systemic and local therapy may have some ocular adverse effects associated with the disease and its therapy.
Detailed Description: Chorioretinal changes associated with vitiligo therapy could address patients visual acuity and life style. Early detection of these changes can help these patients to evade such adverse effects.
Actual Study Start Date: March 10, 2022
Estimated Study Completion Date: September 30, 2022
Contact: Ahmed Abdelshafy, MD
01222328766
ahmad4lg@gmail.com
Contact: Amal Yousif, MD
01008128810
amalderma@gmail.com
https://beta.clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05335746
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