Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 6 , Pages 914-920 , June 2010

Treatment of giant congenital melanocytic nevi with enzymatically separated epidermal sheet grafting

  • Kazuo Kishi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 5363 3814; fax: +81 3 3352 1054.
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  • Ruka Ninomiya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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  • Keisuke Okabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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  • Eri Konno

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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  • Ken-ichi Katsube

      Affiliations

    • Division of Molecular Pathology, Department of Oral Restitution, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8549, Japan
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  • Nobuaki Imanishi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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  • Hideo Nakajima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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  • Tatsuo Nakajima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan

Received 17 October 2008 ,Accepted 15 March 2009.

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PII: S1748-6815(09)00306-4

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.03.010

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 6 , Pages 914-920 , June 2010

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