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Ulcerative colitis

open access: yesNature Reviews Disease Primers, 2020
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease of unknown aetiology affecting the colon and rectum. Multiple factors, such as genetic background, environmental and luminal factors, and mucosal immune dysregulation, have been suggested to contribute to UC pathogenesis.
Taku Kobayashi   +9 more
semanticscholar   +7 more sources

Ulcerative Colitis in Adults: A Review.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2023
Importance Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the colon, with a prevalence exceeding 400 per 100 000 in North America. Individuals with UC have a lower life expectancy and are at increased risk for colectomy and colorectal ...
B. Gros, G. Kaplan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

New Therapeutics for Ulcerative Colitis.

Annual Review of Medicine, 2021
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a relapsing and remitting inflammatory disease of the colon with a variable course. Despite advances in treatment, only approximately 40% of patients achieve clinical remission at the end of a year, prompting the exploration of
R. Hirten, B. Sands
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ulcerative colitis

The Lancet, 2023
Ulcerative colitis is a lifelong inflammatory disease affecting the rectum and colon to a variable extent. In 2023, the prevalence of ulcerative colitis was estimated to be 5 million cases around the world, and the incidence is increasing worldwide. Ulcerative colitis is thought to occur in people with a genetic predisposition following environmental ...
Le Berre, Catherine   +2 more
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Ulcerative Colitis

The Lancet, 2002
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the rectum and colon. Results from many studies in people and animals of intestinal inflammation suggest that ulcerative colitis results from environmental factors triggering a loss of tolerance for normal intestinal flora in genetically susceptible individuals.
Richard J, Farrell, Mark A, Peppercorn
openaire   +3 more sources

Gut microbiota in ulcerative colitis: insights on pathogenesis and treatment

Journal of Digestive Diseases, 2020
Gut microbiota constitute the largest reservoir of the human microbiome and are an abundant and stable ecosystem—based on its diversity, complexity, redundancy, and host interactions This ecosystem is indispensable for human development and health.
Xiao-yan Guo, Xin Liu, J. Hao
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Systematic review: Clinical utility of gastrointestinal ultrasound in the diagnosis, assessment and management of patients with ulcerative colitis.

Journal of Crohn's & Colitis, 2020
BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal ultrasound is useful in the assessment of patients with Crohn's disease, but its application in ulcerative colitis is less well established.
Rebecca L Smith   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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