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Letter to the Editor

Novel therapeutic combination demonstrates more than additive effects in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

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Pages 2225-2227 | Received 19 Sep 2014, Accepted 30 Nov 2014, Published online: 21 Jan 2015

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