"Tattooing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The indelible marking of TISSUES, primarily SKIN, by pricking it with NEEDLES to imbed various COLORING AGENTS. Tattooing of the CORNEA is done to colorize LEUKOMA spots.
| Descriptor ID |
D013653
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.218.085.840 E04.085.840
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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