RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in ulcerative colitis in remission
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 190
OP 192
DO 10.1136/gut.24.3.190
VO 24
IS 3
A1 B Isgar
A1 M Harman
A1 M D Kaye
A1 P J Whorwell
YR 1983
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/24/3/190.abstract
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%).