Patient's perspective: An important issue not to be overlooked in assessing acne severity

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-184

  Demircay, Zeynep ^a   Seckin, Dilek ^a   Senol, Asli ^a   Demir, Figen ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acne; AQOL scale; Quality of life; Severity

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ACNE QUALITY OF LIFE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLOBAL ACNE GRADING SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF EVALUATION; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 42349096812     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2008.0384     Document Type: Article

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