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Decreased access to UVA phototherapy: an unintended consequence of biologic therapy
Ramie A Fathy1, Daniel J Lewis2
1Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
International Journal of Dermatology
|August 9, 2020
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