The development of guidelines for the treatment of vitiligo. Clinical Epidemiology Unit of the Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata-Istituto di Recovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IDI-IRCCS) and the Archives of Dermatology.

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Published in Arch Dermatol on December 01, 1999

Authors

M D Njoo1, W Westerhof, J D Bos, P M Bossuyt

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1: Netherlands Institute for Pigmentary Disorders, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam. m.d.njoo@amc.uva.nl

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