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Nonspecific ulcerative proctitis.

R G Farmer
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Nonspecific (ulcerative) proctitis/proctosigmoiditis has been recognized as a clinical entity for many years. Based on clinical data accumulated over the past 25 years it can be considered a form of ulcerative colitis, indistinguishable from that extending more proximally throughout the large intestine and characterized primarily by extent of disease.

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R G Farmer. 1987. Nonspecific ulcerative proctitis.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3298052/

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