Quantitative analysis of sclerotherapy results by using digital photography and a computer program

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 902-906

  Rocha, Eduardo Faccini ^a,d   Filho, João Potério ^a   Alencar Lotufo, Roberto D E ^a   Flores, Franklin César ^b   Silva, Alexandre Gonçalves ^c   Coelho, Stela Isernhagen ^a   Rocha, Leonardo Marques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^c Santa Catarina State Development University   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCLEROTHERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELANGIECTASIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELANGIECTASIS;

EID: 33745818600     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32194.x     Document Type: Article

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