0 an illness of the colon (= part of the bowels) in which the contents of the bowels are passed out of the body too often --
Colonoscopic surveillance should be offered to patients with long-standing ulcerative colitis.
The occurrence of amoebic colitis with toxic megacolon is the most feared complication of intestinal amoebiasis.
Univariate analyses for ulcerative colitis identified significant associations with age, frequency of contact with cattle and smoking.
The detection of lectin antigen is replacing light microscopy (which is insensitive and nonspecific) as the initial test method for diagnosing amoebic colitis.
This type of approach has also provided evidence that nematodes can protect against autoimmune diseases, such as colitis and diabetes.
Ulcerative colitis showed univariate associations with age, frequency of contact with cattle and with smoking.
It seems likely that it will also be efficacious in ulcerative colitis, but data from controlled trials are awaited.
Information about the prevalence of ulcerative colitis was also collected as a control.
