Reliable and feasible evaluation of linear scars by the patient and observer scar assessment scale

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 514-522

  Van De Kar, Annekatrien L ^b   Corion, Leonard U M ^b   Smeulders, Mark J C ^b   Draaijers, Lieneke J ^b   Van Der Horst, Chantai M A M ^b   Van Zuijlen, Paul P M ^a  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN SCAR; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR SCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN; PATIENT; PATIENT AND OBSERVER SCAR ASSESSMENT SCALE; PIGMENTATION; PLIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RIGIDITY; SCAR; SKIN SURFACE; THICKNESS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CICATRIX; COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRURITUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23044440778     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000172982.43599.d6     Document Type: Article

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