Journal article
Developing an instrument to assess the endoscopic severity of ulcerative colitis: the Ulcerative Colitis Endoscopic Index of Severity (UCEIS)
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Variability in endoscopic assessment necessitates rigorous investigation of descriptors for scoring severity of ulcerative colitis (UC).
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate variation in the overall endoscopic assessment of severity, the intra- and interindividual variation of descriptive terms and to create an Ulcerative Colitis Endoscopic Index of Severity which could be validated.
Authors
Travis SPL; Schnell D; Krzeski P; Abreu MT; Altman DG; Colombel J-F; Feagan BG; Hanauer SB; Lémann M; Lichtenstein GR
Journal
Gut, Vol. 61, No. 4,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
April 2012
DOI
10.1136/gutjnl-2011-300486
ISSN
0017-5749