The poor response of phototherapy in old lesions of vitiligo may be related to the presence of white hairs: A hypothesis

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 219-220

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

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMEN; CHEEK; DISEASE DURATION; FACE; FOREHEAD; HAIR COLOR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; LEG; LETTER; MELANOCYTE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; THORAX; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO; CASE REPORT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 77954747180     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2010.00520.x     Document Type: Letter

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