Autologous epidermal cultures and narrow-band ultraviolet B in the surgical treatment of vitiligo

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-159

  Pianigiani, Elisa ^a   Risulo, Massimiliano ^a   Andreassi, Andrea ^a   Taddeucci, Paolo ^a   Ierardi, Francesca ^a   Andreassi, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; MELANOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITILIGO;

EID: 15044364316     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200502000-00006     Document Type: Article

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