Treatment of vitiligo in children and adolescents by autologous cultured pure melanocytes transplantation with comparison of efficacy to results in adults

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 538-543

  Hong, W S ^a   Hu, D N ^b   Qian, G P ^a   McCormick, S A ^b   Xu, A E ^a  

^a THE THIRD PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF HANGZHOU   (China)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; autologous; children; melanocyte; transplantation; vitiligo

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS CULTURED PURE MELANOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 79954580876     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03824.x     Document Type: Article

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