Punch grafting versus suction blister epidermal grafting in the treatment of stable lip vitiligo

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-178

  Babu, Aravind ^a   Thappa, Devinder Mohan ^a   Jaisankar, Telanseri J ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSORALEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIP DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH SKIN GRAFTING; PUVA; RANDOMIZATION; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SUCTION BLISTER EPIDERMAL GRAFTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO; ESTHETIC SURGERY; NOTE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIP DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 38349125332     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.34034.x     Document Type: Article

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