Course and natural history of idiopathic ulcerative proctitis in the adults;Decorso e storia naturale della proctite ulcerosa idiopatica nell'adulto

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-158

  Ghirardi, M ^a   Nascimbeni, R ^a   Mariani, P P ^a   Di Fabio, F ^a   Salerni, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ulcerative colitis; Ulcerative proctitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROCTITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TIME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROCTITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036513779     PISSN: 0003469X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Calkins B.M.: A meta-analysis of the role of smoking inflammatory bowel disease. Dig Dis Sci, 34:1841-54, 1989.
2. Ekbom A., Helmick C, Zack M., Adami H.O.: Ulcerative Proctitis in central Sweden 1965-83. A population-based epidemiological study. Dig Dis Sci, 36:97-102, 1991.
3. Farmer R.G., Easley K.A., Rankin G.B.: Clinical patterns, natural history and progression of ulcerative colitis. A long term follow up of 1116 patients. Dig Dis Sci, 38:1137-46, 1993.
4. Glanz S.A. (ed): Primer of bio-statistics. Fourth edition. McGraw-Hill, 1992.
5. Langholz E., Munkholm P., Davidsen M., Nielsen O.H., Binder V.: Changes in extent of ulcerative colitis. A study on the course and prognostic factors. Scand J Gastroenterol, 31:260-6, 1996.
6. Meucci G., Vecchi M., Astegiano M., Beretta L., Cesari P., Dizioli P., Ferraris L., Panelli M.R., Prada A., Sostegni R., De Franchis R.: The natural history of ulcerative proctitis: a multicenter, retrospective study. Am J Gastroenterol, 95:469-73, 2000.
7. Pera A., Bellando P., Caldera D., Ponti V., Astegiano M., Barletti C, Arrigoni A., Rocca G., Verme G.: Colonoscopy in inflammatory bowel disease. Diagnostic accuracy and proposal of an endoscopic score. Gastroenterology, 92:181-5, 1987.
8. Powell-Tuck J., Ritchie J.K., Lennard-Jones J.E.: The prognosis of idiopathic proctitis. Scand J Gastroenterol, 12:727-32, 1977.
9. Russel M., Dorant E., Brummer R., Van de Kruijs M., Muris J., Bergers J., Goedhard J., Stockbrugger R., and the South Limburg Inflammatory Bowel Disease Study Group: Appendectomy and the risk of developing ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease: result of a large case-control study. Gastroenterology, 113:377-82, 1997.
10. Rutgeerts P., D'Haens G., Hiele M., Geboes K., Vantrappen G.: Appendectomy protects against ulcerative colitis. Gastroenterology, 106:1251-3, 1994.
11. Thomas G.A.O., Rhodes J., Green J.T: Inflammatory bowel disease and smoking - A review. Am J Gastroenterol, 93:144-9, 1998.
12. Truelove S.C., Witts L.J.: Cortisone in ulcerative colitis. Preliminary report on a therapeutic trial. BMJ, 2:375-8, 1954.