Long-term results of split-skin grafting in combination with excimer laser for stable vitiligo

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 499-505

  Al Mutairi, Nawaf ^a   Manchanda, Yashpal ^b   Al Doukhi, Azari ^b   Al Haddad, Ahmad ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPIGMENTATION; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

ADULT; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASERS, EXCIMER; LEG; MALE; NECK; PHOTOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; VITILIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950489640     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01477.x     Document Type: Article

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