White patches and bruised souls: Advances in the pathogenesis and treatment of vitiligo

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 5-

  Grimes, Pearl E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIPOTRIOL; CORTICOSTEROID; GAMMA INTERFERON; PSORALEN; TACROLIMUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DEPIGMENTATION; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; KERATINOCYTE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 3042856745     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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