Surgical treatment of vitiligo: Why, when and how

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 518-520

  Falabella, R ^a  

^a CENTRO MÉDICO IMBANACO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN;

CELL DESTRUCTION; EDITORIAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITILIGO;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 0141427997     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00718.x     Document Type: Editorial

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