TY  - JOUR
T1  - ULcerative colitis
AU  - Torpy JM, Lynm C, Golub RM
Y1  - 2012/01/04
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2011.1889
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 104
EP  - 104
VL  - 307
IS  - 1
N2  - 
Inflammatory bowel diseases  (IBD) such as ulcerative colitis  and Crohn disease  make the bowel (intestine ) inflamed, irritated, swollen, and unable to function in a healthy way. Ulcerative colitis affects the large intestine (the colon) and the rectum but does not involve the small intestine (the part of the bowel that connects the stomach to the colon and that is responsible for almost all the body's food digestion and absorption of nutrition). Crohn disease affects both the small intestine and the colon.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1889
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.1889
ER  -