Association between celiac disease and vitiligo: A review of the literature

Table 3 Summary of the effect of gluten-free diet on vitiligo

Ref.	Country	Evidence type	Celiac disease diagnosis	Accompanied diseases	Measure of improvement	Time to dermatologicimprovement
Rodríguez-García et al[21], 2011	Spain	Case report	Diagnosis, method not described	None	Repigmentation of skin lesions	1 yr, continuous improvement for 3 yr
Khandalavala et al[31], 2014	United States	Case report	Serology and histology not done	None	Repigmentation of skin lesions	1 mo, continuous improvement for 3 mo
Amato et al[32], 2000	Italy	Case report	Serology	Dermatitis herpetiform	No response	NA
Karabudak et al[33], 2007	Turkey	Case report	Histology	Dermatitis herpetiform	No response	NA

NA: Not applicable