Value of histopathology in vitiligo

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-61

  Montes, Leopold F ^a   Abulafia, Jorge ^a   Wilborn, Walter H ^a   Hyde, Barbara M ^a   Montes, Carolina M ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL VACUOLE; DEPIGMENTATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELANOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; PROGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; VITILIGO; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITILIGO;

EID: 0038728616     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01743.x     Document Type: Article

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