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Auto-immune reactions in the course of ulcerative colitis

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1. The immunologic reactions by collodion agglutination method has been studied in 225 subjects. Positive reactions have been obtained only in the 30 patients with ulcerative colitis.

2. In patients with ulcerative colitis, the results of the collodion reaction correlate well with the course of the disease.

3. It is suggested that auto-immune reactions play an important part in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis.

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  1. From The Second Medical Clinic, The University of Brno, Czechoslovakia

    J. Polcak M.D. & V. Vokurka M.D.

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The authors wish to acknowledge the invaluable technical assistance of Miss Marie Skalova and the surgical assistance of Z. Janeěck, M.D., of the Research Traumatologic Institute, Brno, Czechoslovakia.

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Polcak, J., Vokurka, V. Auto-immune reactions in the course of ulcerative colitis. Digest Dis Sci 5, 395–405 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02232625

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