noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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active
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Patients with active colitis were colonised less frequently and with lower numbers of E coli than were control patients.
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We elected to include this patient in the study since the entire remaining right colon had active ulcerative colitis .
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Twenty two had active colitis at the time serum was obtained.
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These findings are consistent with decreased transit in the proximal and rapid transit through the sigmoid colon in patients with active colitis .
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These cells infiltrate into the colonic mucosa and are abundant during the active phase of colitis .
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Patients with active colitis were reexamined after three and 12 weeks of treatment.
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The fact that patients with active colitis were more affected than those with quiescent disease in Roediger's studies could reflect this.
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Patients with active colitis had clinical symptoms of urgency, loose stools, abdominal pain, and blood in the stool.
indeterminate
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Originally only four patients were classified as having definite Crohn's disease and 15 as indeterminate colitis leaving 62 with ulcerative colitis.
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There was no significant increased complication rate or disturbed pouch function in those with indeterminate colitis .
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Inevitably patients with Crohn's disease or indeterminate colitis will from time to time have restorative proctocolectomy.
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Seven patients with definite Crohn's disease, seven with indeterminate colitis and 52 with typical ulcerative colitis have a functioning pouch.
ulcerative
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Further investigations are needed to determine if also this aberration is specific for ulcerative colitis .
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There was little evidence to support the presence of a primary defect in the colonic barrier in patients with ulcerative colitis .
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Serum concentration of interleukin-6 are also raised in active Crohn's disease but surprisingly not in ulcerative colitis .
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The pathophysiological importance of the ulcerative colitis associated perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies is still poorly understood.
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It has been further postulated that pouchitis represents a recurrence of ulcerative colitis in reservoirs with colonic metaplasia.
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Immunological abnormalities are generally accepted to be involved in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis .
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There has recently been a revival of interest in changes in colonic motility in ulcerative colitis .
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Circulating anticolon antibodies have been found in serum samples from patients with ulcerative colitis .
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patient
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In a group of 37 ulcerative colitis patients , however, no effect of medication was found.
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Evidence has accumulated that several autoimmune phenomena are present in ulcerative colitis patients .
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The presence of perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in unaffected family members of ulcerative colitis patients favours this view.
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Epithelial and lamina propria mononuclear cells were isolated from surgical specimens from control, Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis patients .
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In conclusion, our study confirms that perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies are indeed demonstrable in the large majority of ulcerative colitis patients .
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One hundred and twenty ulcerative colitis patients , 105 Crohn's disease patients and 49 controls were studied.
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Ulcerative colitis patients Nineteen patients with ulcerative colitis undergoing colectomy were also studied.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Assessment of intestinal permeability in ulcerative colitis after the ingestion of various markers has yielded conflicting results.
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Bismuth enemas may offer a new therapeutic option in distal ulcerative colitis .
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Nineteen patients had left sided colitis and five patients had more extensive or total colitis.
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Platelet activating factor may be involved in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis as well as in experimental colitis.
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Some of the reported difference in rates of metabolism could relate to the severity of the underlying colitis .
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The pathogenesis of benign stricture formation in ulcerative colitis remains uncertain.
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The study included pairs of twins both concordant and discordant with regard to ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease.
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Twelve patients with ulcerative colitis had mild, 19 moderate, and 10 severe attacks.