Transcript levels of different cytokines and chemokines correlate with clinical and endoscopic activity in ulcerative colitis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A definition of disease activity in ulcerative colitis (UC) is difficult. The clinical activity index (CAI) is only an indirect assessment tool of bowel inflammation and the endoscopic activity index (EAI) sometimes cannot reflect th...

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Main Authors: Hinz Ulf, Braun Annika, Karner Max, Giese Thomas, Zahn Alexandra, Stremmel Wolfgang, Ehehalt Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-02-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-230X/9/13