'EASIdig'-a digital tool to document disease activity in atopic dermatitis

Dermatology

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-73

  Tremp, Mathias ^a,b   Knafla, Imke ^c   Burg, Günter ^a   Wüthrich, Brunello ^a   Schmid Grendelmeier, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Digital imaging; Eczema Area and Severity Index; Scoring Atopic Dermatitis system; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EASIDIG SCORE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053975348     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330333     Document Type: Article

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