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Serum interleukin-6 levels as an early marker of therapeutic response to UVB radiation and topical steroids in psoriatic patients

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  1. Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, San Gallicano Institute, Rome, Italy

    Claudio Bonifati, Mariacarmela Solmone, Elisabetta Trento, Mario Pietravalle & Franco Ameglio

  2. Third Division of Dermatology, San Gallicano Institute, Rome, Italy

    Claudio Bonifati & Marcello Fazio

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Bonifati, C., Solmone, M., Trento, E. et al. Serum interleukin-6 levels as an early marker of therapeutic response to UVB radiation and topical steroids in psoriatic patients. Int J Clin Lab Res 24, 122–123 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02593914

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