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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 97 |
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| Author's Response: The difference in expression of autophagy related proteins in lesional and perilesional skin in adult patients with active and stable generalized vitiligo – A cross sectional pilot study |
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Haiyan Yu1, Xiaoxia Lin1, Yaoyao Huang1, Hao Cheng1, Oliver Seifert2
1 Department of Dermatology, Sir Run Run Shaw hospital, Zhejiang University Medical College, 3 Qinchun Road East, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310016, China
2 Division of Dermatology and Venereology, Ryhov Hospital, Region Jönköping County, 55185 Jönköping; Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
| Date of Web Publication | 19-Apr-2022 |
Correspondence Address:
Haiyan Yu
Department of Dermatology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310016
China
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.343310
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How to cite this article:
Yu H, Lin X, Huang Y, Cheng H, Seifert O. Author's Response: The difference in expression of autophagy related proteins in lesional and perilesional skin in adult patients with active and stable generalized vitiligo – A cross sectional pilot study. Indian J Dermatol 2022;67:97 |
How to cite this URL:
Yu H, Lin X, Huang Y, Cheng H, Seifert O. Author's Response: The difference in expression of autophagy related proteins in lesional and perilesional skin in adult patients with active and stable generalized vitiligo – A cross sectional pilot study. Indian J Dermatol [serial online] 2022 [cited 2023 Jun 4];67:97. Available from: https://www.e-ijd.org/text.asp?2022/67/1/97/343310 |
Dear Sir,
Thank you very much for you valuable comment. We agree with your comment on the title of the study and it might have been better to call it a comparative study to avoid misunderstandings. We used the words cross sectional with the aim to describe that we observed/analyzed the expression of autophagy-related proteins at one time point in a selection of patients and controls in the population. It was not our intention to define it as a “cross sectional study” according to the actual textbook definition. Since “cross-sectional study” is a well-defined term in health care and epidemiological studies as correctly mentioned in your comment, the use in our title is confusing.
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