In Segmental-type Vitiligo Lesions
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© 2008 Elsevier. All rights reserved. Received: Oct 17, 2007 Accepted: Dec 10, 2007 Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr Hsin-Su Yu, Department of Dermatology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, 100 Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan. E-mail: [email protected] LOW-ENERGY HELIUM-NEON LASER THERAPY INDUCES REPIGMENTATION AND IMPROVES THE ABNORMALITIES OF CUTANEOUS MICROCIRCULATION IN SEGMENTAL-TYPE VITILIGO LESIONS
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