Topical Diphencyprone as an Effective Treatment for Cutaneous Metastatic Melanoma
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Vol. 24, No. 3, 2012 373 Received September 9, 2011, Revised September 29, 2011, Accepted for publication September 29, 2011 Corresponding author: Young Jin Kim, M.B., B.S., Department of Dermatology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, 199 Ipswich Rd, Woolloongabba Queensland 4102, Australia. Tel: 61-425-247-302, Fax: 61-73176-7344, Email: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Ann Dermatol Vol. 24, No. 3, 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2012.24.3.373
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