The association between ulcerative colitis and chronic liver disease at Tygerberg Hospital
Perold, J.G.; Bezuidenhout, D.J.; Erasmus, T.D.; Middlecote, B.D.
South African Medical Journal 61(6): 186-189
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574 PMID: 7058438 Document Number: 196806
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.