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Abstract
Inflammation of the RECTUM and the distal portion of the COLON.
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- Rectocolitis
- Hemorrhagic Proctocolitis
- Proctocolitis, Hemorrhagic
- Proctocolitis, Ulcerative
- Proctosigmoiditis
- Rectocolitis, Hemorrhagic
- Rectocolitis, Ulcerative
- Rectosigmoiditis
- Ulcerative Proctocolitis
- Hemorrhagic Rectocolitis
- Proctocolitides, Ulcerative
- Rectocolitides, Ulcerative
- Ulcerative Proctocolitides
- Ulcerative Rectocolitides
- Ulcerative Rectocolitis
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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History Note
1991(1963); for RECTOCOLITIS, HEMORRHAGIC & RECTOCOLITIS, ULCERATIVE use COLITIS, ULCERATIVE 1979-2003
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Proctocolitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011350. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011350
- Proctocolitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proctocolitis
- Proctocolitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7247500