VALIDITY OF ACTIVITY INDICES IN ULCERATIVE COLITIS: COMPARISON OF CLINICAL AND ENDOSCOPIC INDICES

摘要

Aim: Various different clinical indices (CI) and endoscopic indices (El) have been used to evaluate the clinical disease activity of ulcerative colitis (UC). However, no standardized CI or El of UC has been established. The aim of the present study was to determine whether or not any of the CI and/or EI for assessing the disease activity of UC could be established as a standard.