Open Access
Proposing melasma severity index: A new, more practical, office-based scoring system for assessing the severity of melasma
Author(s) -
Imran Majid,
Inaamul Haq,
Saher Imran,
Abid Keen,
Khalid Aziz,
Tasleem Arif
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.174024
Subject(s) - melasma , medicine , intraclass correlation , dermatology , correlation , reliability (semiconductor) , severity of illness , clinical psychology , psychometrics , power (physics) , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics
Melasma Area and Severity Index (MASI), the scoring system in melasma, needs to be refined.