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Letter to the Editor| Volume 53, ISSUE 3, P231-233, March 2009

Bath-PUVA therapy induces circulating regulatory T cells in patients with psoriasis

  • Chiyo Saito
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    Department of Geriatric and Environmental Dermatology, Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
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  • Akira Maeda
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    Corresponding author. Tel.: +81 52 853 8261; fax: +81 52 852 5449.
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    Department of Geriatric and Environmental Dermatology, Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
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  • Akimichi Morita
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    Department of Geriatric and Environmental Dermatology, Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
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