Epidermal grafting in vitiligo: Influence of age, site of lesion, and type of disease on outcome

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-104

  Gupta, Somesh ^b   Kumar, Bhushan ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CONTACT DERMATITIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SUCTION; VITILIGO;

EID: 0038047902     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2003.415     Document Type: Article

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