Approaches to repigmentation of vitiligo skin: New treatment with ultrasonic abrasion, seed-grafting and psoralen plus ultraviolet a therapy

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 331-334

  Tsukamoto, Katsuhiko ^a   Osada, Atsushi ^b   Kitamura, Reiko ^b   Ohkouchi, Masayuki ^b   Shimada, Shinji ^b   Takayama, Osami ^b  

^a YAMANASHI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

PUVA; Seed grafting; Treatment; Ultrasonic abrasion; Vitiligo vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUVA; REVIEW; SKIN ABRASION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VITILIGO;

ADULT; DERMABRASION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PUVA THERAPY; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; VITILIGO;

NOTOLABRUS CELIDOTUS;

EID: 0036784032     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2002.02034.x     Document Type: Review

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