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. 1983 Mar;24(3):190-2.
doi: 10.1136/gut.24.3.190.

Symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in ulcerative colitis in remission

B Isgar, M Harman, M D Kaye, P J Whorwell

Symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in ulcerative colitis in remission

B Isgar et al. Gut. 1983 Mar.

Abstract

The prevalence of symptoms suggestive of a motility disturbance similar to the irritable bowel syndrome was investigated in 98 patients with ulcerative colitis in remission, and a similar number of age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Thirty-three per cent of patients compared with 7% of controls fulfilled the criteria for such a syndrome (p<0.01). Contrary to expectations these symptoms were not confined to patients with distal disease. Other symptoms such as constipation were also very common in the colitic group (31%).

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