Patient self-reported symptoms using visual analog scales are useful to estimate endoscopic activity in ulcerative colitis

Background/Aims In clinical practice, colonoscopy has been regarded as the gold standard for the evaluation of disease severity as well as mucosal healing in ulcerative colitis (UC). Some activity indices incorporating patient symptoms as parameters have been shown to reflect the endoscopic activity...

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Main Authors: Saya Tsuda, Reiko Kunisaki, Jun Kato, Mayu Murakami, Masafumi Nishio, Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa, Takeichi Yoshida, Hideaki Kimura, Masayuki Kitano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases 2018-10-01
Series:Intestinal Research
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Online Access:http://www.irjournal.org/upload/pdf/ir-2018-00021.pdf