Complications and Limitations of Melanocyte Transplantation

Surgical Management of Vitiligo

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 144-148

  Gauthier, Yvon ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Basal cell layer suspension transplant; Melanocyte transplantation; Pathogenesis; Skin transplant; Trypsinization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872836561     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470987568.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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