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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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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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