Acne Grading

Acne Grading

Acne severity can be graded by global assessment scales based on quantity—number of specific type of lesions (comedones, papules/pustules and nodules/cysts)—and quality—nature of the lesions themselves. More than 25 different systems of acne grading have been described.
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Severity of acne was determined using the global acne grading system (16).
Is mean platelet volume an inflammatory marker in acne patients treated with isotretinoin?
Acne grading was done according to consensus conference criteria into grade 1, 2 or 3.12 Postacne scars were graded from 1 to 4 as per a qualitative acne scar grading scale explained elsewhere.13 In the present study, grade 1 and 2 of acne scars were clubbed as non-significant scarring, and grade 3 and 4 were clubbed as significant scarring.
Assessment of depression in patients of acne vulgaris and its correlation with severity of acne, postacne scarring and gender
25 female patients aged between 16-35 years who failed to respond to novel conventional treatments of acne were selected and subjected to hormonal assessment based on Global Acne Grading System.
HORMONAL ASSESSMENT IN ACNE VULGARIS IN WOMEN
The outcome of the therapy was based on the improvement in the global acne grading system (GAGS) score and patients' satisfaction with the treatment in the 4-point scale.
A randomized, open-label, comparative study of efficacy of low-dose continuous versus low-dose intermittent oral isotretinoin therapy in moderate-to-severe acne vulgaris
Acne was graded based on the grading by Indian authors and by the Global Acne Grading System (GAGS).
Assessment of the quality of life indices in adolescents with Acne vulgaris
A total of 110 patients, clinically diagnosed with moderate and severe acne vulgaris according to Global Acne Grading System by Doshi et al.
Effects of isotretinoin on the platelet counts and the mean platelet volume in patients with acne vulgaris
Inflammatory and noninflammatory acne lesion counts, microcomedones, acne grading scale scores, and Dermatology Life Quality Index scores improved similarly in all three groups after 3 months.
Azelaic acid 15% gel tames women's acne
Study subjects showed improvement in acne severity and overall quality of life after 8 weeks, assessed by the Leeds revised acne grading system and the Assessment of the Psychological and Social Effects of Acne (APSEA).
Psychosocial impact of acne: review from the Dermatologyst's point of view
Although more than 25 systems are in existence for acne grading, there is neither a gold standard nor a standardized system consistently used in research or clinical practice.
Standardized acne severity grading scale in the works
Females were just as likely as males to have truncal acne, and most of it was mild to moderate (based on a trunk-specific acne grading system that Dr.
If there's acne on the face, there's most often some on the body, too
Global Acne Grading system was used to divide patients into mild and moderate acne vulgaris.
Efficacy of blue light in mild and moderate facial acne vulgaris
The severity of acne was assessed by the Global Acne Grading system (GAGS).
Impact of acne vulgaris on the quality of life
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