The Early Course and Prognosis of Ulcerative Colitis [Abridged]

Reliability of Physical Signs in Patients with Severe Attacks of Ulcerative Colitis

“…It is also often claimed that the patient suffering from severe ulcerative colitis presents a particularly difficult problem in terms of clinical assessment (Brooke, 1954;Edwards and Truelove, 1963;de Dombal et al, 1965;Goligher et al, 1967). These difficulties in evaluating the patient's clinical state and progress clearly can arise in one of three ways.…”