Clinico-Cellular Stability of Vitiligo in Surgical Repigmentation: An Unexplored Frontier [9]

Dermatology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 170-171

  Lahiri, Koushik ^a,b   Malakar, Subrata ^a   Banerjee, Uttam ^a   Sarma, Nilendu ^a  

^a Rita Skin Foundation   (India)

^b Rita Skin Foundadtion   (India)

Author keywords

Punch grafting; Surgical repigmentation; Vitiligo, stability

Indexed keywords

DEPIGMENTATION; HERPES LABIALIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKODERMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN SURGERY; VITILIGO;

ESTHETICS; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 4444240239     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079612     Document Type: Letter

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