Development of the CLASI as an outcome instrument for cutaneous lupus erythematosus

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-101

  Albrecht, Joerg ^b   Werth, Victoria P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Ambulatory and Community Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous lupus erythematosus; Patient outcome assessment; Reproducibility of results; Validity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 34249304835     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: 15298019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2007.00117.x     Document Type: Review

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