Proposal of a new clinical index predictive of endoscopic severity in ulcerative colitis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 246-251

  Azzolini, Francesco ^a   Pagnini, Cristiano ^a,b   Camellini, Lorenzo ^a   Scarcelli, Antonella ^a   Merighi, Alberto ^a   Primerano, Anna Maria ^a   Bertani, Angela ^a   Antonioli, Aldo ^a   Manenti, Federico ^a   Rigo, Gian Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Disease activity; Endoscopic Clinical Correlation Index; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 20044379028     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-1590-4     Document Type: Article

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