Validity of activity indices in ulcerative colitis: Comparison of clinical and endoscopic indices

Digestive Endoscopy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-44

  Hirai, Fumihito ^a   Matsui, Toshiyuki ^a   Aoyagi, Kunihiko ^b   Inoue, Nagamu ^c   Hibi, Toshifumi ^d   Oshitani, Nobuhide ^e   Fujii, Hisao ^f   Kobayashi, Kiyonori ^g   Suzuki, Yasuo ^h   Tanaka, Shinji ⁱ  

^a Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Center for Comprehensive and Advanced Medicine and   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KITASATO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical activity index; Clinical trial; Endoscopic index; Evaluation index; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VALIDITY;

COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 74049104873     PISSN: 09155635     EISSN: 14431661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2009.00916.x     Document Type: Article

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