Phototherapy in lymphoproliferative and inflammatory diseases associated with human T-lymphotropic virus

Brena Andrade de Lima Lobato1,2,3, João Augusto Gomes de Souza Monteiro de Brito2,3,4, José Maria de Castro Abreu Junior5

  • 1Universidade Federal do Pará, Núcleo de Medicina Tropical, Postgraduate Program in Tropical Diseases, Belém, Pará, 66055-240, Brazil.

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