An objective method for the assessment of vitiligo treatment

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-107

  Marrakchi, Slaheddine ^a   Bouassida, Samir ^a   Meziou, Taha J ^a   Turki, Hamida ^a   Zahaf, Abdelmajid ^a  

^a HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Computer assisted; Objective method; Treatment; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LETTER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; VITILIGO; WOUND HEALING;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOFTWARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 41049086554     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2007.00426.x     Document Type: Letter

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