Epidermal sheet grafts for repigmentation of vitiligo and piebaldism, with a review of surgical techniques

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 463-466

  Olsson, Mats J ^a   Juhlin, Lennart ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; EPIDERMIS; EYELID; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PIEBALDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIEBALDISM; PROGNOSIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 0030736723     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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