Long-term results of 2-mm punch grafting in patients with vitiligo vulgaris and segmental vitiligo: Effect of disease activity

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1105-1111

  Fongers, A ^a,b,c   Wolkerstorfer, A ^a,b   Nieuweboer Krobotova, L ^a,b   Krawczyk, P ^b   Toth G G ^d   Van Der Veen, J P W ^a,b  

^a Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Punch grafting; Surgery; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; PUNCH GRAFTING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEGMENTAL VITILIGO; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO; VITILIGO VULGARIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71949116488     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09367.x     Document Type: Article

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