How safe is nose-piercing? Inoculation cutaneous tuberculosis revisited

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 645-646

  Kaur, Charandeep ^a   Sarkar, Rashmir ^a   Kanwar, A J ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY BUILD; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGHANS GIANT CELL; LUPUS VULGARIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MARRIAGE; MOSLEM; NOSE; PAPULE; RASH; REMISSION; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN NODULE; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS; NOSE; PUNCTURES;

EID: 0041887067     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01947.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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