Inter-observer agreement in the assessment of endoscopic findings in ulcerative colitis
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Inter-observer agreement in the assessment of endoscopic findings in ulcerative colitis
BACKGROUND Endoscopic findings are essential in evaluating the disease activity in ulcerative colitis. The aim of this study was to evaluate how endoscopists assess individual endoscopic features of mucosal inflammation in ulcerative colitis, the inter-observer agreement, and the importance of the observers' experience. METHODS Five video clips of ulcerative colitis were shown to a group of e...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Gastroenterology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1471-230X
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230x-4-9