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Ulcer

Known as: ulceratives, lesions ulcerative, Ulcera 
A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.
National Institutes of Health

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Anal Mucinous AdenocarcinomaAnal canal squamous cell carcinomaAnal margin basal cell carcinomaAphthous Stomatitis

Broader (2)

Disease as reason for upper g.i. examinationSigns and Symptoms

Narrower (20)

Duodenal UlcerDuodenal ulcer perforationGastric ulcerIleal ulcer

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Review
2005
Review
2005
Consensus conference: Colorectal cancer screening and surveillance in inflammatory bowel disease.
The idiopathic inflammatory bowel diseases, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's colitis, are associated with an increased risk for… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Impact on the composition of the faecal flora by a new probiotic preparation: preliminary data on maintenance treatment of patients with ulcerative colitis
: Although 5‐aminosalicylic acid (5‐ASA) oral compounds are the standard maintenance treatment for ulcerative colitis in… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Update on oral lichen planus: etiopathogenesis and management.
Lichen planus (LP) is a relatively common disorder of the stratified squamous epithelia, which is, in many ways, an enigma. This… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Two stage genome–wide search in inflammatory bowel disease provides evidence for susceptibility loci on chromosomes 3, 7 and 12
Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), the chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (CIBD), are common causes of gastro… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Tumor necrosis factor α-producing cells in the intestinal mucosa of children with inflammatory bowel disease
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
A distinct subset of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies is associated with inflammatory bowel disease.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
6-Mercaptopurine in the management of inflammatory bowel disease: short- and long-term toxicity.
We assess toxicity related to 6-mercaptopurine in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease by reporting our experience with… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Columnar-lined lower esophagus: an acquired lesion with malignant predisposition. Report on 140 cases of Barrett's esophagus with 12 adenocarcinomas.
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
EPITHELIAL CELL PENETRATION AS AN ESSENTIAL STEP IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF BACILLARY DYSENTERY
LaBrec, Eugene H., Herman Schneider, Thomas J. Magnani, and Samuel B. Formal. Epithelial cell penetration as an essential step in… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
Course and prognosis of ulcerative colitis
One of the outstanding features of ulcerative colitis is the diversity of complications of the disease. They fall logically into… 
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