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A 51-year-old patient with a 30-year history of ulcerative colitis developed sclerosing cholangitis and later Peyronie's disease. The occurrence of these diseases in the same patient supports the view of an immunological origin of these associated disorders.
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Viteri, A.L., Hardin, W.J. & Dyck, W.P. Peyronie's disease and sclerosing cholangitis in a patient with ulcerative colitis. Digest Dis Sci 24, 490–491 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01299835
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