Inter-observer agreement in the assessment of endoscopic findings in ulcerative colitis

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  de Lange, Thomas ^a   Larsen, Stig ^b   Aabakken, Lars ^c  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EDEMA; EROSION; ERYTHEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD;

COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 10444267194     PISSN: 1471230X     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-4-9     Document Type: Article

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