Objective assessment of burn scar vascularity, erythema, pliability, thickness, and planimetry

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-58

  Oliveira, Gisele V ^a,b   Chinkes, David ^a   Mitchell, Charles ^a   Oliveras, Gloria ^a   Hawkins, Hal K ^a,c   Herndon, David N ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BURN SCAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PAIN; PERFUSION; PHOTOMETRY; PLIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCAR FORMATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 11844262603     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200501000-00010     Document Type: Article

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