ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING IN KNOWN CROHNS-DISEASE

The assessment and monitoring of patients with Crohn's disease require s long-term information concerning the patient's health, the intensity of the inflammatory process and the involvement of the intestinal tra ct in terms of disease-extent and complications. Different approaches are required for research and for clinical practice. In this review, w e analyse the advances in clinical indices and laboratory tests perfor med in serum, urine or faeces, and also report some aspects of scintig raphy, ultrasound, endoscopy and radiology.