Construction and validation of a photographic guide for assessing severity of chronic hand dermatitis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 296-301

  Coenraads, P J ^a   Van Der Walle, H ^b   Thestrup Pedersen, K ^c   Ruzicka, T ^d   Dreno, B ^e   De La Loge, C ^f   Viala, M ^f   Querner, S ^g   Brown, T ^g   Zultak, M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^e HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^f MAPI VALUES   (United States)

^g BASILEA PHARMACEUTICA INTERNATIONAL LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hand dermatitis; Interrater reliability; Photographic guide; Reliability; Test retest reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 20044376090     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06270.x     Document Type: Article

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