Reliability assessment and validation of the Melasma Area and Severity Index (MASI) and a new modified MASI scoring method

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Pandya, Amit G ^a   Hynan, Linda S ^b,c   Bhore, Rafia ^b   Riley, Fransell Copeland ^b   Guevara, Ian L ^a   Grimes, Pearl ^d   Nordlund, James J ^e   Rendon, Marta ^f   Taylor, Susan ^g   Gottschalk, Ronald W ^h   Agim, Nnenna G ^a   Ortonne, Jean Paul ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h Galderma Laboratories LP   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

clinical trials; evidence based medicine; melasma; outcome measure; pigmentation; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MELASMA AREA AND SEVERITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN EXAMINATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 78650304993     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.10.051     Document Type: Article

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