Acne severity grading: Determining essential clinical components and features using a Delphi consensus

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 187-193

  Tan, Jerry ^a   Wolfe, Barat ^b   Weiss, Jonathan ^c   Stein Gold, Linda ^d   Bikowski, Joseph ^e   Del Rosso, James ^f   Webster, Guy F ^g   Lucky, Anne ^h   Thiboutot, Diane ⁱ   Wilkin, Jonathan ^l   Leyden, James ^j   Chren, Mary Margaret ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c Gwinnett Dermatology   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l NONE

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Author keywords

acne; consensus; Delphi; global severity; grading

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELPHI STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACNE VULGARIS; CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DERMATOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863990122     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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