Reproducibility of repeated measurements on post-burn scars with Dermascan C

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-84

  Van Den Kerckhove, Eric ^a,b   Staes, Filip ^b   Flour, Mieke ^a   Stappaerts, Karel ^b   Boeckx, Willy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

High frequency ultrasound; Reproducibility; Scar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BURN SCAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BURNS; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038105880     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0846.2003.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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