Modified technique of suction blistering for epidermal grafting in vitiligo

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 306-309

  Gupta, Somesh ^a   Shroff, Satish ^a   Gupta, Sanjeev ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARM; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDERMIS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LEUKODERMA; MALE; MELANOCYTE; NECK; PUVA; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUCTION; SYRINGE; TECHNIQUE; TRUNK; VACUUM; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLISTER; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SUCTION; TIME FACTORS; VITILIGO;

EID: 0032951797     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1999.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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