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  Clinical and Experimental DermatologyVolume 16 Issue 6, Pages 444 - 447 Published Online: 27 Apr 2006 Journal compilation © 2010 British Association of Dermatologists An Official Journal of the British Association of Dermatologists
Abstract | References | Full Text: PDF (Size: 1532K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  The finger-tip unit—a new practical measure Copyright 1991 Blackwell Science Ltd ABSTRACT
A finger-tip unit (FTU) is the amount (if ointment expressed from a tube with a 5 mm diameter nozzle, applied from the distal skin-crease to the tip of the index finger. Thirty adult-patients treated various anatomical regions using FTU's of ointment. The number of FTU's required was: face and neck 2.5 (s.d. +0.8); front of trunk 6.7(s.d.± 1.7); back of trunk 6.8 (s.d. ±1.2); arm and forearm 3.3 (s.d. ±1.0); hand 1.2 (s.d. ±0.4); leg and thigh 5.8 (s.d. ±1.7); foot 1.8 (s.d. ±0.6). One FTU rovers 286 cm Accepted for publication 22 March 1991 | 
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