TY - JOUR T1 - The course and prognosis of ulcerative colitis JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 299 LP - 308 DO - 10.1136/gut.4.4.299 VL - 4 IS - 4 AU - Felicity C. Edwards AU - S. C. Truelove Y1 - 1963/12/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/4/4/299.abstract N2 - The authors have produced a unique study of 624 patients with ulcerative colitis for they have achieved a 100% follow-up of all these patients admitted to the Radcliffe Infirmary or to the Churchill Hospital, Oxford, from 1938 to March 1962 inclusive or who attended as out-patients during the same period. They are therefore able to present a most important analysis of the natural history of ulcerative colitis as it occurs in the general population. Part I concerns the short-term prognosis in the initial attack, Part II the long-term prognosis; Part III discusses the complications of the disease, and Part IV the risk of carcinoma. ER -