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Ulcerative colitis in Turkey

Clinical review of sixty cases

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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In this paper a series of 60 cases of ulcerative colitis seen since 1960 at the Department of Gastroenterology of the University of Ankara School of Medicine is presented. Symptomatology, clinical courses and complications of the disease in this Turkish series are discussed.

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  1. From the Department of Gastroenterology, University of Ankara School of Medicine, Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Hamdi Aktan M.D., Zafer Paykoc M.D. & Atilla Ertan M.D.

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Aktan, H., Paykoc, Z. & Ertan, A. Ulcerative colitis in Turkey. Dis Colon Rectum 13, 62–65 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02617689

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