Journal article
Development of the Lémann index to assess digestive tract damage in patients with Crohn's disease
B Pariente, JY Mary, S Danese, Y Chowers, P De Cruz, G D'Haens, EV Loftus, E Louis, J Panés, J Schölmerich, S Schreiber, M Vecchi, J Branche, D Bruining, G Fiorino, M Herzog, MA Kamm, A Klein, M Lewin, P Meunier Show all
Gastroenterology | Published : 2015
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS: There is a need for a scoring system that provides a comprehensive assessment of structural bowel damage, including stricturing lesions, penetrating lesions, and surgical resection, for measuring disease progression. We developed the Lémann Index and assessed its ability to measure cumulative structural bowel damage in patients with Crohn's disease (CD). METHODS: We performed a prospective, multicenter, international, cross-sectional study of patients with CD evaluated at 24 centers in 15 countries. Inclusions were stratified based on CD location and duration. All patients underwent clinical examination and abdominal magnetic resonance imaging analyses. Upper endoscopy, co..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study was conducted by the IPNIC group (see Acknowledgments). AbbVie provided funding to the IPNIC group, including honoraria for their attendance at IPNIC meetings. No payments were made to the authors for the development of this article. AbbVie participated in developing the content for the IPNIC meetings, but was not involved in the development or review of this article with the authors or the vendor. Medical writing and editing services (including for the slides at the IPNIC meetings) were provided by Margaux-Orange, and financial support for these services was provided by AbbVie.