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Intraoral psoralen ultraviolet A irradiation (PUVA) treatment of refractory oral chronic graft-versus-host disease following allogeneic stem cell transplantation

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Menillo, S., Goldberg, S., McKiernan, P. et al. Intraoral psoralen ultraviolet A irradiation (PUVA) treatment of refractory oral chronic graft-versus-host disease following allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 28, 807–808 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1703231

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