Assessing the reliability of four severity scales depicting skin ageing features

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-158

  Valet, F ^a   Ezzedine, K ^a,b   Malvy, D ^b   Mary, J Y ^a   Guinot, C ^c,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

^c CERIES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Distinguishability; Interdermatologist reproducibility; Kappa; Photographic scales; Reliability; Wrinkles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; EXPRESSION LINE; FEMALE; GLABELLAR FROWN LINE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; LARNIER OVERALL PHOTODAMAGE; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; WRINKLE; WRINKLE UNDER THE EYE;

ADULT; AGED; DERMATOLOGY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN AGING;

EID: 67650096555     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09148.x     Document Type: Article

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