A new quantitative scale for clinical scar assessment

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1954-1961

  Beausang, E ^a,b   Floyd, H ^a   Dunn, K W ^a   Orton, C I ^a   Ferguson, M W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCAR; SCAR FORMATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031742939     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199811000-00022     Document Type: Article

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