Classification of acne scars is difficult even for acne experts

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 391-393

  Finlay, A Y ^a   Torres, V ^b   Kang, S ^c   Bettoli, V ^d   Dreno, B ^e   Goh, C L ^f   Gollnick, H ^g  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Juarez Hospital   (Mexico)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

^g OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; DERMATOLOGIST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KELOID; LETTER; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN HYPERTROPHY;

ACNE VULGARIS; CICATRIX; HUMANS;

EID: 84874109279     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2012.04461.x     Document Type: Letter

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