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Case Reports
. 2013 Apr 16;185(7):585.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.111299. Epub 2012 Sep 24.

The Koebner phenomenon: psoriasis in tattoos

Salvador Arias-Santiago  1 , María José Espiñeira-Carmona, José Aneiros-Fernández
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Case Reports

The Koebner phenomenon: psoriasis in tattoos

Salvador Arias-Santiago et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Well-demarcated papules with silver scales and mild erythema on the tattoos of an 18-year-old man.
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