Repigmentation of vitiligo by transplantation of autologous melanocyte cells cultured on amniotic membrane

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1168-1171

  Redondo, P ^a   Del Olmo, J ^a   Garcia Guzman M ^a   Guembe, L ^a   Prosper F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Melanocytes; Transplantation; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION; AUTOGRAFT; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VITILIGO;

EID: 42049116948     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08521.x     Document Type: Letter

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