Long-term pegylated interferon-alpha and its potential in the treatment of melanoma.

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Published in Biologics on July 13, 2009

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Reinhard Dummer1, Joanna Mangana

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1: Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland. reinhard.dummer@usz.ch

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