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Attempts to quantify clinical activity of Crohn’s disease [CD] are made difficult by the facts that it is a disease of unknown etiology and that its manifestations are nonspecific. In planning the National Cooperative Crohn’s Disease Studies [NCCDS], it was apparent that some composite index of disease activity would be useful to classify initial states, to identify worsening sufficient to mandate removal from study, to quantify clinical response, and to regulate corticosteroid dosage.
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Best, W.R., Becktel, J.M. (1981). The Crohn’s Disease Activity Index as a Clinical Instrument. In: Peña, A.S., Weterman, I.T., Booth, C.C., Strober, W. (eds) Recent Advances in Crohn’s Disease. Developments in Gastroenterology, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8273-4_2
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