Microscopic colitis progressed to collagenous colitis: A morphometric study

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 147-151

  Perri, F ^a   Annese, V ^a   Pastore, M ^a   Andriulli, A ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collagenous colitis; Diarrhoea; Inflammatory bowel disease; Lymphocytic colitis; Microscopic colitis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PLASMA CELL;

ADULT; BIOPSY; COLITIS; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029889033     PISSN: 03920623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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