Evaluation of essential clinical components and features of current acne global grading scales

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 754-761

  Tan, Jerry K L ^a,b   Jones, Emily ^a   Allen, Elizabeth ^a   Pripotnev, Stahs ^a   Raza, Ayesha ^a   Wolfe, Barat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Windsor Clinical Research Inc   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

acne; components; essential; evaluation; features; global; grading; scales

Indexed keywords

ACNE GLOBAL GRADING SCALE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSENSUS; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACNE; ACNE GLOBAL GRADING SCALE; AGGS; AGREE; APPRAISAL OF GUIDELINES RESEARCH AND EVALUATION; CAT; COMPONENTS; CRITERIA ASSESSMENT TOOL; ESSENTIAL; EVALUATION; FDA; FEATURES; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GLOBAL; GRADING; SCALES;

ACNE VULGARIS; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84885627901     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.07.029     Document Type: Article

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