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A 35-year-old man presents with crampy abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea for 6 weeks. Colonoscopy shows continuous inflammation from the rectum to the sigmoid colon. Biopsies confirm chronic colitis without granulomas. What is the most appropriate initial therapy for this disease extent and severity?

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