Objective color measurements: Clinimetric performance of three devices on normal skin and scar tissue

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Van Der Wal, Martijn ^a,b,c   Bloemen, Monica ^a,b   Verhaegen, Pauline ^a,b,c   Tuinebreijer, Wim ^b   De Vet, Henrica ^c   Van Zuijlen, Paul ^a,b,c,d   Middelkoop, Esther ^a,b,c  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Association of Dutch Burn Centers   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORIMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DSM II COLORMETER; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEXAMETER; SCAR; SKIN; SKIN POTENTIAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CICATRIX; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; ERYTHEMA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84877756017     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e318264bf7d     Document Type: Article

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