PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - B Isgar
AU  - M Harman
AU  - M D Kaye
AU  - P J Whorwell
TI  - Symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in ulcerative colitis in remission
AID  - 10.1136/gut.24.3.190
DP  - 1983 Mar 01
TA  - Gut
PG  - 190--192
VI  - 24
IP  - 3
4099  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/24/3/190.short
4100  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/24/3/190.full
SO  - Gut1983 Mar 01; 24
AB  - 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%).