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Ruxolitinib-associated squamous cell carcinoma


- Dermatology and Venereology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Lisbon, Portugal
- Dermatology and Venereology Universitary Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
- Dermatology Research Unit, iMM João Lobo Antunes, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Abstract
Abstract
Keywords
JAK inhibitors, non-melanoma skin cancer, ruxolitinib


Title
Ruxolitinib-associated squamous cell carcinoma
Journal
Issue
Article type
Clinical vignette
Pages
293-294
Published online
2022-07-28
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3548
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222
DOI
Bibliographic record
Acta Haematol Pol 2022;53(4):293-294.
Keywords
JAK inhibitors
non-melanoma skin cancer
ruxolitinib
Authors
Miguel Alpalhão
Luís Soares-Almeida
Paulo Filipe


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