Adherence to a novel home phototherapy system with integrated features

Abigail Cline1, Emily L Unrue, Alexandra Collins

  • 1Center for Dermatology Research, Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. aecline@wakehealth.edu.

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