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Ulcerative colitis: one disease or two? (Quantitative histological differences between distal and extensive disease). D Jenkins, A Goodall, B B Scott. Abstract.
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Ulcerative colitis: one disease or two? (Quantitative histological differences between distal and extensive disease) D Jenkins, A Goodall, B B Scott

Abstract Cell counts and measurements of mucosal architecture were made on rectal biopsies from nine patients with total colitis, eight with left sided colitis, 15 with distal colitis, and 11 with proctitis. The mean total lamina propria cell count in proctitis and distal colitis approached twice that of extensive left sided and total colitis (p