Narrow-band (311 nm) UVB phototherapy: an audit of the first year's experience at the Massachusetts General Hospital
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Narrow band UVB phototherapy in dermatology.
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عنوان ژورنال: Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0905-4383
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.1997.tb00118.x