A novel endoscopic imaging system for quantitative evaluation of colonic mucosal inflammation in patients with quiescent ulcerative colitis

Background and study aims Mucosal healing (MH) is associated with clinical outcome in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients. In most clinical trials, a Mayo endoscopic subscore (MES) of 0 or 1 is defined as MH. However, several recent studies have reported that clinical outcome is different between UC pa...

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Main Authors: Yusuke Honzawa, Minoru Matsuura, Hirokazu Higuchi, Takaki Sakurai, Hiroshi Seno, Hiroshi Nakase
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2020-01-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-0990-9375