Prospective Evaluation of Endoscopic and Histologic Indices in Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Using Centralized Review.
Amanda RicciutoNicholas CarmanEric I BenchimolIram SiddiquiJuan PutraReena KhannaAnne M GriffithsThomas D WaltersPeter C ChurchPublished in: The American journal of gastroenterology (2021)
Our findings support the reliability and construct validity of the UCEIS and MES and the construct validity of the RHI and NI in pediatric UC. Normal rectosigmoid findings predicted pancolonic healing, but, given active disease, pancolonic endoscopic assessment more accurately captured global disease burden.