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Ultrastructural analysis of pigmentary mosaicism: reduced melanosome granules within melanocytes

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Japan

    Izumi Kishimoto, Ikuko Ueda-Hayakawa & Hiroyuki Okamoto

  2. Department of Dermatology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan

    Naoki Oiso & Akira Kawada

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Kishimoto, I., Ueda-Hayakawa, I., Oiso, N. et al. Ultrastructural analysis of pigmentary mosaicism: reduced melanosome granules within melanocytes. Eur J Dermatol 26, 388–389 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2016.2778

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