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Psoriasis and phototherapy

Cutaneous malignancies during treatment with efalizumab and infliximab: When temporal relationship does not mean causality

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Pages 229-232 | Received 25 Jan 2010, Accepted 05 Feb 2010, Published online: 28 Jul 2010

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