Show Summary Details
Quick Reference
A chronic inflammatory disease of the mucosa and submucosa of the colon manifested clinically by pain, diarrhoea, and rectal bleeding. Oral symptoms may include necrotic mucosal lesions indistinguishable from aphthous ulcers. The condition is closely related to Crohn's disease.
http://www.medicinenet.com/ulcerative_colitis/article.htm MedicineNet factsheet on the symptoms, causes, and treatment of ulcerative colitis.
Subjects: Dentistry.
Related content in Oxford Index
Reference entries
Users without a subscription are not able to see the full content. Please, subscribe or login to access all content.
