Method of assessing involved facial areas: Rule of fours

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1022-1028

  Yoon, H S ^a   Choi, J W ^a   Youn, J I ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Facial area; Rule of fours

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RELIABILITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSORIASIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 42149125512     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08495.x     Document Type: Article

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