Subepithelial collagen thickening in the colon: Report on a series of 23 patients

Digestion

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 715-718

  Loffeld, R J L F ^a,b   Balk, A T ^b  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Netherlands)

^b ZAANS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial overgrowth; Chronic diarrhoea; Collagen band; Collagenous colitis; Endoscopy; Von Gieson stain

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLLAGEN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; COLON; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLITIS; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN DISEASES; COLON; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MESALAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031771037     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007581     Document Type: Article

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