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Extragenital lichen sclerosus successfully treated with narrowband-UVB phototherapy

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan

    Sei-ichiro Motegi, Akiko Sekiguchi, Chisako Fujiwara, Sahori Yamazaki & Osamu Ishikawa

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Motegi, Si., Sekiguchi, A., Fujiwara, C. et al. Extragenital lichen sclerosus successfully treated with narrowband-UVB phototherapy. Eur J Dermatol 28, 710–711 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2018.3393

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