Scleroderma-like reaction restricted to the red parts of a tattoo

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-96

  Kluger, Nicolas ^a   Mathelier Fusade, Pascale ^b   Moguelet, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE;

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; LETTER; LICHENOID ERUPTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCLERODERMA; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYMPTOM; TATTOOING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INK; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED; TATTOOING;

EID: 58549115307     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0542     Document Type: Letter

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