Scoring systems in acne vulgaris

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-326

  Thappa, Devinder Mohan ^a   Adityan, Balaji ^a   Kumari, Rashmi ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHOTOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DEFECT;

ACNE VULGARIS; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 67249134449     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.51258     Document Type: Article

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