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How can you get vitiligo?

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You can get by vitiligo because of a number of reasons; it may be due to severe physical or mental distress. Vitiligo also has association with other autoimmune diseases. Heredity is also among these causes, the transmission to each generation may be also be influenced by other pre-existing factors.

The exact cause is still not known.

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