Vitiligo surgery: Its evolution as a definite treatment in the stable vitiligo

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-88

  Holla, A P ^a   Parsad, D ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Pigmentation disorders; Surgical procedures, minimally invasive; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

FLIP TOP GRAFTING; HAIR FOLLICLE GRAFTING; HAIR TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PUNCH GRAFTING; REVIEW; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN SURGERY; SPLIT THICKNESS GRAFTING; SUCTION BLISTER EPIDERMAL GRAFTING; TATTOOING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 77952386383     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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