Validity of simple mucosal biopsy criteria combined with endoscopy predicting patients with ulcerative colitis ultimately requiring surgery: A multicenter study

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 594-598

  Tanaka, Masanori ^a   Kusumi, T ^b   Oshitani, N ^b   Nishigami, T ^b   Iwao, Y ^b   Hatada, Y ^b   Sugita, A ^b   Yao, T ^b   Takano, M ^b   Iizuka, B ^b   Mukai, M ^b   Maeda, K ^b   Fukuda, S ^b   Morita, T ^b   Hara, M ^b   Saito, H ^b   Kudo, H ^b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biopsy; Endoscopy; Histological criteria; Surgery; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL RISK; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; COLECTOMY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037973674     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520310000564     Document Type: Article

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