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Category
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Diseases Of The Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue
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System
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Integumentary System
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Organ
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Skin
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Alternate Names /Common Names
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Leucoderma
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Names in different languages
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Safed daag- Hindi
swet kust in Sanskrit
Bohak in Arabia
Pandre daag in Marathi.
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ICD 10 Classification
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709.01 is diagnostic code in ICD 9 and in ICD 10 L80
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World statistics
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The incidence worldwide is less than 1% with some populations averaging between 2-3%. About 2-5 million people in USA are affected
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Indian statistics
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More than 7 million people are affected in India
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Most Prevalent In
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Seen around the world, affects all races and groups of people
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