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. 1995 Apr 8;345(8954):897-8.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(95)90013-6.

Focal white-matter lesions in brain of patients with inflammatory bowel disease

A Geissler  1 , T Andus, M Roth, F Kullmann, I Caesar, P Held, V Gross, S Feuerbach, J Schölmerich
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Focal white-matter lesions in brain of patients with inflammatory bowel disease

A Geissler et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel diseases are often associated with extra-intestinal manifestations, such as arthritis and iritis/uveitis. Using magnetic-resonance imaging we found hyperintense focal white-matter lesions in the brain in 20 of 48 (42%) patients with Crohn's disease, in 11 of 24 (46%) patients with ulcerative colitis, but in only 8 of 50 (16%) healthy age-matched controls (relative risk [95% CI] vs controls 2.6 [1.3-5.3] and 2.9 [1.3-6.2], respectively). These findings may represent another extra-intestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease.

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