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One of the outstanding features of ulcerative colitis is the diversity of complications of the disease. They fall logically into two main groups: local complications in and around the large bowel, and remote or systemic complications affecting distant parts of the body. Some of these complications are so dangerous that they make a substantial contribution to the con- siderable fatality due to this disease.
Edwards et al. (Sat,) studied this question.