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Ulcerative colitis in childhood.

Introduction Better diagnostic facilities following the advent of fibreoptic colonoscopy have enabled early recognition of chronic inflammatory bowel disease in childhood. Epidemiological surveys indicate that there may be a true increase in the incidence of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (Kirsner & Shorter 1982). Between 1973 and 1983, 75 children with Crohn's disease and 28 with ulcerative colitis have been diagnosed at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. This paper concentrates on those children with ulcerative colitis seen over the last 10 years.