Subjective and objective evaluation of noncultured epidermal cellular grafting for repigmenting vitiligo

Dermatology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-29

  Van Geel, Nanny ^a   Ongenae, Katia ^a   Vander Haeghen, Yves ^a   Vervaet, Chris ^b   Naeyaert, Jean Marie ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Melanocytes; Quality of life; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

CALCIPOTRIOL; PSORALEN; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DIGITAL IMAGING; EPIDERMIS CELL; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NECK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STERNUM; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITILIGO;

EID: 33745206562     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092833     Document Type: Article

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