Role of platelet-rich plasma in chronic alopecia areata: Our centre experience

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-59

  Singh, Sukhbir ^a  

^a Kamal Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Alopecia areata; cicatricial alopecia; platelet rich plasma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928747353     PISSN: 09700358     EISSN: 1998376X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.155271     Document Type: Article

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