Collagenous colitis in a patient with systemic sclerosis: A rare entity

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 681-682

  Ekiz, Fuat ^a   Çoban, Sahin ^b,c   Savas, Berna ^a   Gören, Deniz ^a   Ensari, Arzu ^a   Ormeci, Necati ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kirikkale Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Collagenous colitis; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; COMORBIDITY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ABDOMEN; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COLITIS, COLLAGENOUS; COMORBIDITY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOPERAMIDE; MUSCLE CRAMP; PENICILLAMINE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SULFASALAZINE;

EID: 34347328283     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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