TY - JOUR T1 - Symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in ulcerative colitis in remission JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 190 LP - 192 DO - 10.1136/gut.24.3.190 VL - 24 IS - 3 AU - B Isgar AU - M Harman AU - M D Kaye AU - P J Whorwell Y1 - 1983/03/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/24/3/190.abstract N2 - 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<0ยท01). 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%). ER -