Developing an instrument to assess the endoscopic severity of ulcerative colitis: The Ulcerative Colitis Endoscopic Index of Severity (UCEIS)

Gut

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 535-542

  Travis, Simon P L ^a   Schnell, Dan ^b   Krzeski, Piotr ^b   Abreu, Maria T ^c   Altman, Douglas G ^d   Colombel, Jean Frédéric ^e   Feagan, Brian G ^f   Hanauer, Stephen B ^g   Lémann, Marc ^b,h   Lichtenstein, Gary R ⁱ   Marteau, Phillippe R ^j   Reinisch, Walter ^b,k   Sands, Bruce E ^l   Yacyshyn, Bruce R ^m   Bernhardt, Christian A ⁿ   Mary, Jean Yves ^o   Sandborn, William J ^p   Marakhouski, Yury ^b   Bailey, Robert ^b   Chiba, Naoki ^b   Guelph, ^b   Habal, Flavio ^b   Marshall, John ^b   Stimac, Davor ^b   Salupere, Riina ^b   Székely, György ^b   Danese, Silvio ^b   Pokrotnieks, Juris ^b   Regula, Jaroslaw ^b   Manuc, Mircea ^b   Alexeeva, Olga ^b   Jojic, Njegica ^b   Ferreira, Nelson ^b   Fowler, Fred ^b   Geenen, Daniel ^b   Gilinsky, Norman ^b   Gus, Howard ^b   Kornbluth, Asher ^b   Lamet, Mark ^b   Noel, Jacque ^b   Safdi, Michael ^b   Schwartz, Jerrold ^b   Shah, Guarang ^b   Weprin, Larry ^b   Zayat, Estephan ^b   Rodgers Gray, Barry ^b   Hayes, Scott ^b   Warren, Bryan ^b   more..

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Warner Chilcott ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^j HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^k MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^l MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

ⁿ Bernhardt Regulatory Consulting   (United States)

^o INSERM   (France)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS ENDOSCOPIC INDEX OF SEVERITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84857700568     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-300486     Document Type: Article

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