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[Ulcerative colitis: medical treatment]
W Otero Regino1, F Sierra Arango
1Gastroenterólogo Internista Universidad Nacional, Jefe Unidad de Gastroenterología Clínica Fundadores Bogotá Colombia.
Abstract:
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology, affecting the mucosa of the rectum and a variable length of colon. There is no medical cure for this disease, however medical therapy offers comfort to the majority of patients and improves their lives. Medical therapy including newer drugs is here reviewed.