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Electrochemotherapy of Mycosis fungoides by interferon-alpha

E Peycheva1, I Daskalov, I Tsoneva

  • 1National Centre of Oncology, Clinic of Oncodermatology, 6 Plovdivsko pole Blv., 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria.

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