Transplantation of In Vitro Cultured Epithelial Grafts for Vitiligo and Piebaldism

Surgical Management of Vitiligo

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 180-190

  Guerra, Liliana ^a   Bondanza, Sergio ^a   Raskovic, Desanka ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autografts; Epithelial grafts; Piebaldism; Transplantation; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447322295     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470987568.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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