Patient-related keloid scar assessment and outcome measures

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 648-656

  Nicholas, Rebecca S ^a   Falvey, Hannah ^a   Lemonas, Pambos ^a,b   Damodaran, Gopinath ^a   Ghannem, Ali ^a   Selim, Florendyn ^a   Navsaria, Harshad ^a   Myers, Simon ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; KELOID; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; KELOID; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858028176     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182402c51     Document Type: Article

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