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From January 1998 to April 2004 a dermo\u2010epidemiologic project named <jats:italic>EpiEnlist<\/jats:italic> (EPIdemiology in ENLISTed Men) <jats:italic>project<\/jats:italic> was carried out by the Department of Dermatology of the Italian Navy Hospital in Taranto under the auspices of the Italian Group for Epidemiological Research in Dermatology. All the subjects showing skin lesions evocative of neurofibromatosis (NF), congenital melanocytic nevus (CMN), Becker nevus (BN), and vitiligo were referred to the Department of Dermatology of the Italian Navy Hospital for confirming the diagnosis. The confirmed cases were recorded in a predefined patient's card, containing the main anamnestic, clinical, instrumental, and laboratory data.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results\u2002<\/jats:bold> Because the recording of the various conditions started and ended in different times, the total number of examined subjects varied. NF type 1 was diagnosed in 6 of 34\u00a0740 subjects [prevalence 1:5735 or 0.017%; 95% confidence interval (95% CI), 0.0008\u20130.0037], CMN in 157 of 23\u00a0354 (prevalence 1:148 or 0.67%; 95% CI, 0.57\u20130.79). BN was observed in 70 of 27\u00a0954 young men (prevalence 1:399 or 0.25%; 95% CI, 0.15\u20130.35), and its mean age of appearance was 11.9 years (minimum 5\u2013maximum 17). In 41 subjects (58.6%), the age of appearance was over 10\u00a0years. Vitiligo was recorded in 60 of 34\u00a0740 persons (prevalence 1:579 or 0.17%; 95% CI, 0.13\u20130.22). In 40 subjects with vitiligo, the blood test was done: in 40% of these circulating autoantibodies, mainly anti\u2010thyroid (25.6%) and anti\u2010smooth muscle (17.3%) autoantibodies were detected, but only in 5% of cases, a thyroid disease was diagnosed, and no other sign of autoimmune diseases was observed.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions\u2002<\/jats:bold> The epidemiological data of the skin conditions considered in the present study can be considered roughly in agreement with those reported in the available surveys. 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