Does colectomy in UC patients impact on the PSC onset?: A national registry brings new insights

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Claire Liefferinckx. United European Gastroenterol J. 2023 May.

. 2023 May;11(4):319-320.

doi: 10.1002/ueg2.12392. Epub 2023 Apr 28.

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

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Keywords: epidemiology; hepatology; inflammatory bowel disease; primary sclerosing cholangitis; ulcerative colitis.

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The author has no conflicts of interest related to this article.

Colectomy in patients with ulcerative colitis is not associated to future diagnosis of primary sclerosing cholangitis.
Lundberg Båve A, Olén O, Söderling J; SWIBREG study Group; Ludvigsson JF, Bergquist A, Nordenvall C. Lundberg Båve A, et al. United European Gastroenterol J. 2023 Jun;11(5):471-481. doi: 10.1002/ueg2.12388. Epub 2023 May 11. United European Gastroenterol J. 2023. PMID: 37169725 Free PMC article.

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