Melanocyte survival and response to treatment in Vitiligo Patients

Vitiligo is a common depigmenting skin disorder with devastating psychological implications. Although evidence strongly suggests that melanocytes die in various forms of vitiligo, it is also evident, at least in certain cases, that melanocytes/melanoblasts survive in an undifferentiated stem cell fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lapiner, Vanessa
Other Authors: Kidson, SH
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3070