Crohn's disease: Systematic review of assessment of disease severity and its relevance to surgery

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 678-685

  Dhruva Rao, P K ^a   Davies, M ^a   Price, P E ^a   Torkington, Jared ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Crohn's disease; Disease activity index; Health related quality of life; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; INTESTINE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34548777596     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2007.01233.x     Document Type: Review

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