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Nationwide survey reveals differing physician and patient perceptions regarding impact of UC

Nearly three out of four patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) consider feeling unwell to be a normal part of life, while gastroenterologists estimate this to be true for only 37 percent of their UC patients, according to results from a nationwide series of surveys presented today at the 2007 Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's 6th Annual Advances in the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases conference.

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