A rare repigmentation pattern in a vitiligo patient: A clue to an epidermal stem-cell reservoir of melanocytes?

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 246-248

  Davids, L M ^a   Du Toit, E ^b   Kidson, S H ^a   Todd, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHOXSALEN; PSORALEN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STEM CELL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; PHOTOTHERAPY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STEM CELLS; VITILIGO;

EID: 58549110032     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02793.x     Document Type: Letter

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