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Gut 47:404-409 doi:10.1136/gut.47.3.404
  • Inflammatory bowel disease

A reproducible grading scale for histological assessment of inflammation in ulcerative colitis

Table 4

 Neutrophils in epithelium and the presence of an erosion or ulceration

Grade Location 1+3+5+7 Location 2+4+6
5.0 8 5
5.1 3 0
5.2 16 2
5.3 14 0
5.4 6 0
  • Neutrophils in the surface epithelium (1, 3, 5, and 7) or crypt epithelium (2, 4, and 6) and the presence of an erosion or ulceration (major grade 5): the numbers indicate the number of biopsies involved and assessed by one observer. Neutrophils in the crypts were less common when an erosion was present.

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