Burns
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 109-114 , March 2004

Skin elasticity meter or subjective evaluation in scars: a reliability assessment

  • Lieneke J Draaijers

      Affiliations

    • Burn Centre, Red Cross Hospital, Beverwijk, The Netherlands
    • Department of Dermatology, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31-251-265555; fax: +31-251-218389.
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  • Yvonne A.M Botman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Red Cross Hospital, Beverwijk, The Netherlands
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  • Fenike R.H Tempelman

      Affiliations

    • Burn Centre, Red Cross Hospital, Beverwijk, The Netherlands
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  • Robert W Kreis

      Affiliations

    • Burn Centre, Red Cross Hospital, Beverwijk, The Netherlands
    • Department of Surgery, Red Cross Hospital, Beverwijk, The Netherlands
    • Department of Surgery, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Esther Middelkoop

      Affiliations

    • Burn Centre, Red Cross Hospital, Beverwijk, The Netherlands
    • Dutch Burn Foundation, Beverwijk, The Netherlands
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  • Paul P.M van Zuijlen

      Affiliations

    • Burn Centre, Red Cross Hospital, Beverwijk, The Netherlands
    • Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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PII: S0305-4179(03)00247-X

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2003.09.003

Burns
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 109-114 , March 2004

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