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BMC Dermatology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of skin disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
BMC Dermatology (ISSN 1471-5945) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
BMC Dermatology 2008, 8 :2
Reports of clinical trials using Chinese medicine, plants, vitamins and other supplements to treat the hypopigmentation disorder vitiligo are flawed and of a poor quality; despite this, L-phenyalanine and Ginkgo show promise.
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