Treatment of vitiligo by transplantation of cultured pure melanocyte suspension: Analysis of 120 cases

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-74

  Chen, Yu Fu ^a   Yang, Pei Yu ^a,b   Hu, Dan Ning ^a,c   Kuo, Feng Sheng ^a   Hung, Cheng Sheng ^a   Hung, Chih Ming ^a  

^a SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CELL CULTURE; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 3042703978     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2003.12.013     Document Type: Article

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