Combination of short-pulsed CO2 laser resurfacing and cultured epidermal sheet autografting in the treatment of vitiligo: A preliminary report

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 178-180

  Toriyama, Kazuhiro ^a   Kamei, Yuzuru ^a   Kazeto, Takao ^a   Yasue, Takashi ^a   Suga, Yasushi ^b   Inoie, Masukazu ^c   Tomita, Yasushi ^a   Torii, Shuhei ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Japan Tissue Engineering Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHILD; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VITILIGO;

EID: 3342960467     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000099705.49607.7a     Document Type: Article

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