title: [Activity index in Crohn's disease].
abstract: The gold standard to quantify Crohn's disease activity is still not defined and a world consensus to unify criteria is necessary. Criticism has been directed towards every existing indexes. We summarize some of the currently used criteria for the assessment of disease activity, point out the controversies and issues that will need further investigations, and discuss their usefulness based on our experience.
authors.affiliation: Sección Enfermedades Inflamatorias Intestinales, Departamento de Medicina, Hospital de Gastroenterología Dr. Bonorino Udaondo, Av. Caseros 2061 Capital Federal (1264), Buenos Aires, Argentina. asambu@intramed.net.ar
authors.forename: Alicia M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sambuelli
authors.forename: Martín A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Toro
authors.forename: Silvia M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Negreira
authors.forename: Aníbal H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: Silvina A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Goncalves
authors.forename: Sergio P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Huernos
authors.forename: Julio C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bai
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers