title: The association between ulcerative colitis and chronic liver disease at Tygerberg Hospital.
abstract: Twenty consecutive patients with ulcerative colitis were evaluated at the Gastro-intestinal Clinic, Tygerberg Hospital, with special reference to the biochemical tests and histological findings in the liver. Abnormal liver function tests warrant a liver biopsy, since the underlying liver disease influences the subsequent prognosis and treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged