Observer agreement in endoscopic assessment of ulcerative colitis

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 539-541

  Orlandi, F ^a,b   Brunelli, E ^a   Feliciangeli, G ^a   Svegliati Baroni, G ^a   Di Sario, A ^a   Benedetti, A ^a   Guidarelli, C ^a   Macarri, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Reliability; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDEMA; EROSION; ERYTHEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECOGNITION; TRAINING; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VIDEORECORDING;

COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031771182     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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