Repigmentation in vitiligo universalis: Role of melanocyte density, disease duration, and melanocytic reservoir

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Dogra, Sunil ^a   Kumar, Bhushan ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MELANOCYTE; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TISSUE SECTION; VITILIGO;

EID: 29844435760     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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