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Tuberculoid reaction to a cosmetic tattoo on the lips

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  1. Division of Dermatology, JR Sapporo General Hospital, North 3, East 1, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan

    Wakana Matsumura, Kei Ito, Erika Watanabe, Maria Maroto Iitani & Hitoshi Kobayashi

  2. Department of Dermatology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan

    Yasuyuki Fujita & Toshifumi Nomura

  3. Division of Pathology, JR Sapporo General Hospital, North 3, East 1, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-0033, Japan

    Mayumi Sasaki

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Matsumura, W., Ito, K., Fujita, Y. et al. Tuberculoid reaction to a cosmetic tattoo on the lips. Eur J Dermatol 25, 485–487 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2015.2548

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