Scar assessment scales: A dermatologic overview

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Idriss, Nayla ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Scar; Scar metrics; Scar scales

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT SCALE; BEST FIT; CLINICAL PRACTICES; HUMAN; LAY-OUT; MANAGEMENT SKILLS; OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT; SCAR; SCAR FORMATION; SCAR METRICS; SCAR SCALES; SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE TEXTURES; TREATMENT MODALITY;

LIGHT MEASUREMENT; METRIC SYSTEM; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MEASUREMENTS;

ACCURACY; BODY SURFACE; COLOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MATCHING ASSESSMENT OF SCAR AND PHOTOGRAPH; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; OWN SCALE; PATIENT AND OBSERVER SCAR ASSESSMENT SCALE; PIGMENTATION; PLIABILITY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCAR; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; VANCOUVER BURN SCAR ASSESSMENT SCALE; VANCOUVER SCAR SCALE; VASCULARIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST;

CICATRIX; COLORIMETRY; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 63449128309     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2008.00327.x     Document Type: Review

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