Abnormal histological findings in active vitiligo include the normal-appearing skin

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-145

  Pretti Aslanian, Flavia M N ^a   Noé, Rosangela A M ^a   Cuzzi, Tullia ^a   Filgueira, Absalom L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Histology; Melanocytes; Pigmentation; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PIGMENTATION; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; VITILIGO;

ADULT; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 33947315130     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: 16000749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2007.00366.x     Document Type: Letter

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