Collagenous gastritis and collagenous colitis: A report with sequential histological and ultrastructural findings

Gut

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 881-885

  Pulimood, A B ^a,b   Ramakrishna, B S ^a   Mathan, M M ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collagenous colitis; Collagenous gastritis; Colon; Stomach

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; EOSINOPHIL; FIBROBLAST; GASTRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM MUCOSA; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH MUCOSA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0032982473     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.44.6.881     Document Type: Article

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