Assessment methods for the evaluation of vitiligo

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1463-1471

  Alghamdi, K M ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Taieb A ^b   Ezzedine, K ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DERMATOLOGIST; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN COLOR; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SURFACE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRISTIMULUS COLORIMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY; VITILIGO; VITILIGO AREA SCORING INDEX; VITILIGO DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE;

COLORIMETRY; HUMANS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VITILIGO;

EID: 84869494768     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2012.04505.x     Document Type: Review

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