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The ultimate goal of a medical intervention is to induce a positive change in the patient’s health status. Outcome measures are defined as a change in the patient’s current and/or future health status. There is a significant lack of standardisation of methods used to assess acne vulgaris. Reviews have highlighted inconsistencies in evaluation methods used in acne trials [1, 2].
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Layton, A.M. (2014). The Leeds Acne Grading Technique. In: Zouboulis, C., Katsambas, A., Kligman, A. (eds) Pathogenesis and Treatment of Acne and Rosacea. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69375-8_43
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