Correlation between the endoscopic and histologic score in assessing the activity of ulcerative colitis

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1194-1201

  Lemmens, Bart ^a   Arijs, Ingrid ^a   Van Assche, Gert ^a   Sagaert, Xavier ^a   Geboes, Karel ^a   Ferrante, Marc ^a   Rutgeerts, Paul ^a   Vermeire, Séverine ^a   De Hertogh, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Disease activity measurements; Endoscopy; Histopathology; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84879194795     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MIB.0b013e318280e75f     Document Type: Review

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