Lewis score: a useful tool for diagnosis and prognosis in Crohn�s disease
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Lewis Score: a useful clinical tool for patients with suspected Crohn's Disease submitted to capsule endoscopy.
BACKGROUND/AIMS The Lewis Score (LS) can assess inflammatory activity on small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE). We aimed to evaluate the LS usefulness in the setting of suspected Crohn's Disease (CD). METHODS Retrospective single-center study including 56 patients undergoing SBCE for suspected CD. Patients were divided into three groups, according to clinical presentation: Group 1 (28 patients...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1130-0108
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2020.6434/2019