Eclampsia: is there a seasonal variation in incidence?
The pattern of eclampsia cases showed variations in extremes of temperature but it was stable in mild weather. However, the statistical analysis revealed non-significant relationship of incidence of eclampsia with temperature when analysed by linear regression analysis.
The only means of detecting all UC patients with cholangitis is a liver biopsy. Cholangitis, either with the clinical syndrome of PSC or found on liver biopsy, seems to be a risk factor for chronic-type inflammatory changes in the pouch mucosa and for the development of pouchitis.