Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) among patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) needing proctocolectomy. ## Methods: The study sample included 441 consecutive patients who underwent proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis from
Atrophy and Neoplastic Transformation of the Ileal Pouch Mucosa in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
✍ Scribed by Dagny Ståhlberg; Béla Veress; Bernhard Tribukait; Ulrika Broomé
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 486 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-3706
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