Treatment of stable and recalcitrant vitiligo by autologous miniature punch grafting: A prospective study of 1000 patients

Dermatology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-139

  Malakar, Subrata ^a,b   Dhar, S ^a  

^a Duncan Gleneagles Clin/Res Ctr   (India)

^b p 158 CIT Scheme VI M   (India)

Author keywords

Punch graft; Test graft; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 0032961479     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018089     Document Type: Article

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