title: Review article: assessment of drug therapy in inflammatory bowel disease.
abstract: This review article surveys the clinical and laboratory parameters used to assess and quantitate inflammation in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, with particular reference to their usage in controlled trials of drugs in inflammatory bowel disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Hodgson
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Mazlam
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*