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Colitis

"Colitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Inflammation of the COLON section of the large intestine (INTESTINE, LARGE), usually with symptoms such as DIARRHEA (often with blood and mucus), ABDOMINAL PAIN, and FEVER.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Colitis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Colitis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 135 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2015 and 2022
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