Medical applications of tattooing

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 367-374

  Vassileva, Snejina ^a   Hristakieva, Evgeniya ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b TRAKIA UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BURN SCAR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORNEA SURGERY; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; DEPIGMENTATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; NEVUS; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PIEBALDISM; PIGMENTATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMA; TATTOOING; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITILIGO;

COLORING AGENTS; DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TATTOOING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547673013     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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