Ulcerative colitis (regional enteritis; inflammatory bowel disease) 1

General: Chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology; both se 222b17c xes affected; onset at all ages, most frequently between ages 20 and 40 years; usually abrupt onset; psychosomatic pathogenesis possible.

Ocular: Iritis; uveitis; episcleritis; papillomatous changes of palpebral conjunctiva; scleritis; serous retinal detachment; choroidal infiltrates; retrobulbar neuritis; papillitis; retinal pigment epithelium disturbance; choroidal folds.

Clinical: Abdominal pain; cramps; diarrhea; arthritis; weight loss; erythema nodosum; aphthous stomatitis; pallor; tenderness over colon; nutritional deficiency; carcinoma; associations with Sjgren syndrome and Takayasu disease have been reported.

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