Collagenous colitis in Örebro, Sweden, an epidemiological study 1984-1993

Gut

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 394-397

  Bohr, J ^a   Tysk, C ^a   Eriksson, S ^a   Jarnerot G ^a  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collagenous colitis; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLITIS; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; COLITIS; COLLAGEN DISEASES; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029092868     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.37.3.394     Document Type: Article

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