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Focal White-Matter Lesions in the Brain of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Lancet 345:897-898, Geissler,A.,et al, 1995 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Inflammatory bowel diseases are often associated with extra-intestinal manifestations,such as arthritis and iritis/uveitis.Using magnetic- resonance imaging we found hyperintense focal white matter lesions in the brain in 20 of 48(42%)patients with Crohn's disease ub 11 of 24(46%) patients with ulcerative colitis,but only 8 of 50(16%)healthy age-matched controls(relative risk[95%CI]vs controls 2-6[1:3-5:3]and 2-9[1:3-6:2] respectively).These findings may represent another extra-intestinal manifestation of inflammatory bowel disease.

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