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Surgery

Optimising size and depth of punch grafts in autologous transplantation of vitiligo and piebaldism: a randomised controlled trial

Lisa KomenDepartment of Dermatology and The Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders (SNIP), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Correspondence[email protected]
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Charlotte VrijmanDepartment of Dermatology and The Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders (SNIP), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
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Cecilia A. C. PrinsenDepartment of Dermatology and The Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders (SNIP), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; ;Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
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J. P. Wietze van der VeenDepartment of Dermatology and The Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders (SNIP), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; ;Department of Dermatology, Medical Center Haaglanden, Hague, The Netherlands
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Rosalie M. LuitenDepartment of Dermatology and The Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders (SNIP), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
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Albert WolkerstorferDepartment of Dermatology and The Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders (SNIP), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Pages 86-91 | Received 29 Mar 2016, Accepted 10 Apr 2016, Published online: 16 Jun 2016

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