The taylor hyperpigmentation scale: A new visual assessment tool for the evaluation of skin color and pigmentation

Cutis

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 270-274

  Taylor, Susan C ^a,b,c   Arsonnaud, Stéphanie ^d   Czernielewski, Janusz ^e,f  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Society Hill Dermatology   (United States)

^d Galderma R and D Inc   (United States)

^e Galderma R and D   (France)

^f NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RACE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 27644477147     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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