Extracorporeal photochemotherapy (photopheresis) induces apoptosis in lymphocytes: A possible mechanism of action of PUVA therapy

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 177-180

  Enomoto, Dory N H ^a,b   Schellekens, Peter T A ^a   Yong, Si La ^a   Ten Berge, Ineke J M ^a   Mekkes, Jan R ^a   Bos, Jan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0031049051     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb01895.x     Document Type: Article

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