Colitis, Ulcerative - Complications
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

[Extraintestinal manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease]

17 Oct 2009 Extraintestinal manifestations are relatively common in chronic inflammatory bowel disease and affect joints, skin, eyes and bile ducts. The most frequent rheumatologic manifestations are peripheral arthritis and axial arthropathies. Erythema ... Read more...

Blood transfusion for the treatment of acute anaemia in inflammatory bowel disease and other digestive diseases.

5 Oct 2009 Allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT) is frequently used as the first therapeutic option for the treatment of acute anaemia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), especially when it developed due to gastrointestinal or perioperative blood ... Read more...

Neuroendocrine carcinomas arising in ulcerative colitis: coincidences or possible correlations?

5 Sep 2009 Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at increased risk of colorectal malignancies. Adenocarcinoma is the commonest type of colorectal neoplasm associated with ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease, but other types of epithelial ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Colitis, Ulcerative - Complications'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Extraintestinal manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease] 17 Oct 2009
• Blood transfusion for the treatment of acute anaemia in inflammatory bowel disease and other digestive diseases. 5 Oct 2009
• Neuroendocrine carcinomas arising in ulcerative colitis: coincidences or possible correlations? 5 Sep 2009
• Phenotypic associations of Crohn's disease with antibodies to flagellins A4-Fla2 and Fla-X, ASCA, p-ANCA, PAB, and NOD2 mutations in a Swiss Cohort. 30 Aug 2009
• Case of linear IgA bullous dermatosis-involved ulcerative colitis. 30 Aug 2009
• Association of "ulcerative appendicitis" and appendiceal adenocarcinoma. 30 Aug 2009
• Pneumatosis intestinalis in ulcerative colitis. 30 Aug 2009
• Adherence to guidelines for surveillance colonoscopy in patients with ulcerative colitis at a Canadian quaternary care hospital. 30 Aug 2009
• Altered expression of MUTYH and an increase in 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine are early events in ulcerative colitis-associated carcinogenesis. 30 Aug 2009
• Autoimmune hemolytic anemia associated with ulcerative colitis: response to infliximab. 30 Aug 2009
• Reduction of interleukin-6, interleukin-8, and anti-phosphatidylserine-prothrombin complex antibody by granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis in a patient with pyoderma gangrenosum and ulcerative colitis. 30 Aug 2009
• Recurrent hearing loss and vertigo in a patient with ulcerative colitis. 30 Aug 2009
• Genetic risk for colitis-associated colorectal cancer. 30 Aug 2009
• [A case of fungal pyogenic spondylitis with ulcerative colitis] 30 Jul 2009
• Surgical treatment of complex enterocutaneous fistulas in IBD patients using human acellular dermal matrix. 30 Jul 2009
• Rectal stenosis caused by cytomegalovirus colitis. 25 Jul 2009
• High expression of HSP47 in ulcerative colitis-associated carcinomas: proteomic approach. 12 Jul 2009
• Modulation of the Th1/Th2 balance by infliximab improves hyperthyroidism associated with a flare-up of ulcerative colitis. 29 Jun 2009
• Colorectal linitis plastica complicating chronic ulcerative colitis. 29 Jun 2009
• Cerebral sinus thrombosis in a child with active ulcerative colitis and factor V Leiden. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Colitis, Ulcerative'

Definition: Inflammation of the COLON that is predominantly confined to the MUCOSA. Its major symptoms include DIARRHEA, rectal BLEEDING, the passage of MUCUS, and ABDOMINAL PAIN.

Descriptor UI: D003093

Alternative terms: Colitis, Ulcerative; Ulcerative Colitis;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C06.405.205.265.231; C06.405.205.731.249; C06.405.469.158.188.231; C06.405.469.432.249;

Technical Notes: usually chronic so do not coord with CHRONIC DISEASE