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Boĭko A.N.

KGBUZ "Krasnoiarskiĭ kraevoĭ Tsentr po profilaktike i bor'be so SPID i infektsionnymi zabolevaniiami"

Cancers and multiple sclerosis: risk of comorbidity and influence of disease modifying therapy

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Boĭko AN. Cancers and multiple sclerosis: risk of comorbidity and influence of disease modifying therapy. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2019;119(2‑2):86‑93. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro20191192286

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