The Concept of Stability of Vitiligo

Surgical Management of Vitiligo

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 49-55

  Lahiri, Koushik ^a   Malakar, Subrata ^a  

^a Rita Skin Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Lesions; Stability assessment; Surgical modalities; Transplantation; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952340451     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470987568.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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