Measuring the severity of vitiligo

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-7

  Ramam, M ^a   Krishna, S Gaurang ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTERIZED PLANIMETRY; DEFORMITY; DEPIGMENTATION; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DIGITAL PLANIMETRY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LUND BROWDER CHART; PIGMENT DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPIGMENTATION; REVIEW; SKIN EXAMINATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITILIGO; WALLACE RULE OF NINES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITILIGO;

EID: 84860575443     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.90939     Document Type: Review

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