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Thymoma-associated cutaneous graft-versus-host-like disease possibly treated with narrow-band UVB phototherapy

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  1. Department of Dermatology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishishimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 106-8461

    Minako Nakayama, Munenari Itoh, Sota Kikuchi, Katsumi Tanito & Hidemi Nakagawa

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Nakayama, M., Itoh, M., Kikuchi, S. et al. Thymoma-associated cutaneous graft-versus-host-like disease possibly treated with narrow-band UVB phototherapy. Eur J Dermatol 26, 208–209 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2015.2716

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