Ornamental tattoos and skin lesions

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-13

  Ghorpade, Ashok ^a,b  

^a JLN Hospital & Research Centre   (India)

^b Hospital Sector   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INOCULATION; LANGHANS GIANT CELL; NEEDLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN GRANULOMA; TATTOO; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPROSY, TUBERCULOID; LOWER EXTREMITY; NEEDLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; TATTOOING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149310758     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.03767.x     Document Type: Article

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