Cultural adaptation and validation of patient and observer Scar Assessment Scale for Turkish use: Methodological issues.

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Marmara University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address:

Published: September 2019

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