Lupus vulgaris over a tattoo mark - Inoculation tuberculosis

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 569-571

  Ghorpade, Ashok ^a  

^a JLN Hospital/Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Cutaneous tuberculosis; Inoculation tuberculosis; Lupus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INOCULATION; LUPUS VULGARIS; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; TATTOOING;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUPUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TATTOOING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141650722     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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