The lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatologyHumansColitisUlcerativeIntestinal MucosaColon
Ulcerative colitis: moving beyond the mucosal dogma.
Elisabeth Eggermont, Krisztina Gecse, Noa Krugliak Cleveland, Frauke Petersen, João Sabino, André D'Hoore, Torsten Kucharzik, Mariangela Allocca, Gabriele Bislenghi, Kerri Novak, Gert De Hertogh, Christian Maaser, Bram Verstockt
Published: 202610.1016/S2468-1253(25)00263-8
Abstract
Ulcerative colitis has traditionally been regarded as a non-fibrotic, solely mucosal disease, whereas Crohn's disease is characterised by transmural inflammation and fibrosis. However, more recent evidence supports the existence of disease involvemen…
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