Repigmentation of vitiligo with punch grafting and narrow-band UV-B (311 nm) - A prospective study

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 649-655

  Lahiri, Koushik ^a   Malakar, Subrata ^a   Sarma, Nilendu ^a   Banerjee, Uttam ^a  

^a Rita Skin Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; ERYTHEMA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO;

EID: 33745939169     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2005.02697.x     Document Type: Article

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