Scar assessment tools: Implications for current research

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1108-1122

  Van Zuijlen, Paul P M ^a   Angeles, Adam P ^a   Kreis, Robert W ^a   Bos, Kurt E ^a   Middelkoop, Esther ^a  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

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ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCAR FORMATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0036192628     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200203000-00052     Document Type: Article

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