The development of an objective method for measuring scratch in children with atopic dermatitis suitable for clinical use

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-40

  Benjamin, Kenneth ^a   Waterston, Karen ^a   Russell, Margaret ^a   Schofield, Olivia ^a   Diffey, Brian ^b   Rees, Jonathan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DISEASE; SLEEP TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0347967991     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(03)02480-0     Document Type: Article

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