Relationship between disease activity indices and colonoscopic findings in ulcerative colitis

Ulcerative colitis previously thought to be a western disease has a world wide distribution with increasing incidence even in Pakistan. The clinical presentation is highly variable and is characterized by periods of symptomatic flare-ups and remissions. This study was designed to seek relationship between disease activity indices and colonoscopic findings in ulcerative colitis including extent, macroscopic and microscopic grade of disease. This is a review article