Long-term follow-up of leucoderma patients treated with transplants of autologous cultured melanocytes, ultrathin epidermal sheets and basal cell layer suspension

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 893-904

  Olsson, Mats J ^a   Juhlin, L ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Halo naevi; Leucoderma; Melanocytes; Piebaldism; Transplantations; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BASAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE; LEG; LEUKODERMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT SELECTION; PIEBALDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SCAR; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRUNK; VITILIGO;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PATIENT SELECTION; PIEBALDISM; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 0036436853     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04837.x     Document Type: Article

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