Establishment of grading criteria for acne severity

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 255-260

  Hayashi, Nobukazu ^a   Akamatsu, Hirohiko ^b   Kawashima, Makoto ^a   Ito, M ^c   Otsuki, M ^d   Kawashima, M ^a   Hayashi, N ^a   Tsuboi, R ^e   Nakagawa, H ^f   Watanabe, S ^g   Matsunaga, K ^h   Akamatsu, H ^h   Miyachi, Y ⁱ   Furukawa, F ^j   Iwatsuki, K ^k   Kubota, Y ^l   Tokura, Y ^m   Furue, M ⁿ  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g Teikyo Medical University

^h FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

ⁿ KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Acne; Classification; Counting; Grading; Photographs; Severity

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMEDO; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPULE; PUSTULE; STANDARD;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 43549117277     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2008.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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