A systematic review of autologous transplantation methods in vitiligo

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1543-1549

  Njoo, M D ^a,b   Westerhof, W ^a   Bos, J D ^a   Bossuyt, P M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN GRAFT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

HUMANS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 0032446746     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.12.1543     Document Type: Article

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