Long-term results of noncultured epidermal cellular grafting in vitiligo, halo naevi, piebaldism and naevus depigmentosus

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1186-1193

  Van Geel, N ^a   Wallaeys, E ^a   Goh, B K ^b   De Mil, M ^a   Lambert, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

grafting; halo naevi; melanocyte transplantation; naevus depigmentosus; piebaldism; vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEPIGMENTATION; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HALO NEVUS; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKODERMA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAEVUS DEPIGMENTOSUS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PIEBALDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SUN EXPOSURE; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PIEBALDISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VITILIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649655589     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.10014.x     Document Type: Article

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