Treatment of vitiligo with oral and topical phenylalanine: 6 years of experience [8]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 216-217

  Camacho, Francisco ^a   Mazuecos, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 0032981209     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.135.2.216     Document Type: Letter

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