Suction blister epidermal grafting versus punch skin grafting in recalcitrant and stable vitiligo

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 955-958

  Gupta, Somesh ^a,c   Jain, Vijay Kumar ^a   Saraswat, Pradeep Kumar ^b   Gupta, Sanjeev ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NSCB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; PUVA; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLISTER; CHILD; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 0343158256     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.1999.99069.x     Document Type: Article

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