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R Walt

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Primary biliary cirrhosis and ulcerative colitis.

Four patients with ulcerative colitis also had primary biliary cirrhosis, as judged by compatible liver histology, positive serum mitochondrial antibody tests, and normal cholangiography (in the 3 patients in whom it was performed). Primary biliary cirrhosis may be another hepatobiliary association of ulcerative colitis, and although less common than primary sclerosing cholangitis should be considered as a cause of cholestasis in these patients.

Adult

Rising frequency of ulcer perforation in elderly people in the United Kingdom.

Peptic ulcer admission rates were known to be declining in England and Wales in younger men and women at least until 1977, but rates in elderly men were stable and rates in older women were increasing. Analysis of the most recently available data shows that these trends have continued in England and Wales and similar trends are seen in the elderly populations in Scotland. Reasons for the increasing susceptibility of elderly people, particularly older women, to peptic ulceration are not clear. However, altered smoking habits seem unlikely to explain the change, whereas increased use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may account for part of it.

Adolescent