Treatment of stable vitiligo by ReCell system

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 273-278

  Cervelli, Valerio ^a   De Angelis, Barbara ^a   Balzani, Alberto ^a   Colicchia, Gianfranco ^a   Spallone, Diana ^a   Grimaldi, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell transplantation; ReCell system; Skin grafting; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOCAL VITILIGO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PIGMENTATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEGMENTAL VITILIGO; THERAPY EFFECT; VITILIGO; VITILIGO VULGARIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149119286     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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