Adverse reactions after tattooing: Review of the literature and comparison to results of a survey

Dermatology

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 138-147

  Wenzel, Sabrina M ^a   Rittmann, Ines ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Bäumler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse skin reactions; Hazardous substances; Tattoos

Indexed keywords

INK; TATTOO INK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALLERGIC REACTION; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COLOR; GRANULOMATOSIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LEISHMANIASIS; LEPROSY; LICHENOID; LUPUS VULGARIS; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TUMOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TATTOOING; TINEA; VIRUS INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LICHENOID ERUPTIONS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TRANSMISSION;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFECTION; LICHENOID ERUPTIONS; MALE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TATTOOING;

EID: 84879602496     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346943     Document Type: Review

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