Treatment of vitiligo lesions by ReCell® vs. conventional melanocyte-keratinocyte transplantation: A pilot study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-49

  Mulekar, S V ^a   Ghwish, B ^a   Al Issa, A ^a   Al Eisa, A ^a  

^a National Center for Vitiligo and Psoriasis   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Melanocyte transplantation; ReCell ; Surgery; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CELL SEPARATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MELANOCYTES; PILOT PROJECTS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 36849010637     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08216.x     Document Type: Article

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