Diagnosis and management of microscopic colitis

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 49, Issue NOV., 2003, Pages 1473-1478

  Abdo, Ayman A ^b   Beck, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; BUDESONIDE; COLESTYRAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LOPERAMIDE; MESALAZINE; METRONIDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OCTREOTIDE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID;

AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLITIS; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLON RESECTION; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTIC COLITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIDIARRHEALS; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0344876061     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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