Effectiveness of oral Ginkgo biloba in treating limited, slowly spreading vitiligo

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-287

  Parsad, Davinder ^a   Pandhi, R ^a   Juneja, A ^b  

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

^b HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPIGMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 0038792478     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2003.01207.x     Document Type: Article

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