Inflammatory bowel disease - To the editor Journal Article
| Authors: | Lauwers, G. Y.; Melamed, J. |
| Article Title: | Inflammatory bowel disease - To the editor |
| Abstract: | To the Editor: In his recent article on inflammatory bowel disease (Sept. 26 issue),1 Podolsky suggests that collagenous, lymphocytic, and possibly other“microscopic”colitides are“variant forms of ulcerative colitis.”Furthermore, he suggests that this conclusion is supported by the observation that these disorders“often respond to treatment with sulfasalazine.”We believe that Podolsky's statements, in an otherwise admirable article, fail to take into account fully the many differences in the clinical and pathological findings in these conditions. Nor do the underlying facts support his suggestion that the diseases may be related because of their therapeutic response to sulfasalazine. Although. . . © 1992, Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved. |
| Keywords: | disease classification; note; letter; colorectal cancer; classification; pathology; colorectal neoplasms; colorectal tumor; colitis; enteritis; ulcerative colitis; inflammatory bowel diseases; epithelium; crohn disease; intestine mucosa; intestinal mucosa; epithelium dysplasia; colitis, ulcerative; salazosulfapyridine; human; priority journal |
| Journal Title: | New England Journal of Medicine |
| Volume: | 326 |
| Issue: | 8 |
| ISSN: | 0028-4793 |
| Publisher: | Massachusetts Medical Society |
| Date Published: | 1992-02-20 |
| Start Page: | 574 |
| End Page: | 575 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1056/nejm199202203260815 |
| PUBMED: | 1732804 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Source: Scopus |
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