Vitiligo and the melanocyte reservoir
Repigmentation of vitiligo depends on available melanocytes from three possible sources: from the hair follicle unit which is the main provider of pigment cells, from the border of vitiligo lesions, and from unaffected melanocytes within depigmented areas; pigment cells at these locations originate...
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Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2009-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Dermatology |
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Online Access: | http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2009;volume=54;issue=4;spage=313;epage=318;aulast=Falabella |