Lemann Index for Assessment of Crohn’s Disease: Correlation with the Quality of Life, Endoscopic Disease activity, Magnetic Resonance Index of Activity and C- Reactive Protein

Straksyte Vestina; Kiudelis Gediminas; Gineikiene Irina; Janciauskas Dainius; Basevicius Algidas; Lukosevicius Saulius; Kupcinskas Limas

doi:10.1515/med-2019-0092

Open Medicine (Nov 2019)

Lemann Index for Assessment of Crohn’s Disease: Correlation with the Quality of Life, Endoscopic Disease activity, Magnetic Resonance Index of Activity and C- Reactive Protein

Straksyte Vestina,
Kiudelis Gediminas,
Gineikiene Irina,
Janciauskas Dainius,
Basevicius Algidas,
Lukosevicius Saulius,
Kupcinskas Limas

Affiliations

Straksyte Vestina: Department of Radiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eivenių str. 2, Kaunas, Lithuania
Kiudelis Gediminas: Department of Gastroenterology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
Gineikiene Irina: Department of Radiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eivenių str. 2, Kaunas, Lithuania
Janciauskas Dainius: Department of Pathological Anatomy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
Basevicius Algidas: Department of Radiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eivenių str. 2, Kaunas, Lithuania
Lukosevicius Saulius: Department of Radiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Eivenių str. 2, Kaunas, Lithuania
Kupcinskas Limas: Department of Gastroenterology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2019-0092
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 785 – 791

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Crohn’s disease (CD) is characterized by continuing inflammation and progressive gut damage. Despite many scoring indices of CD, there is a lack of more global assessment tools for the evaluation of the total disease impact on the gut.

Published in Open Medicine

ISSN: 2391-5463 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/med/html

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