Surgical treatment is indicated in long-duration segmental vitiligo

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 568-569

  Lee, Dong Youn ^a   Park, Ji Hye ^a   Lee, Joo Heung ^a   Yang, Jun Mo ^a   Lee, Eil Soo ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSORALEN; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HAIR DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOTRICHIA; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950500006     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01501.x     Document Type: Letter

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