Prevalence of microscopic colitis in patients with diarrhea of unknown etiology in Turkey

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 4319-4323

  Erdem, Levent ^a   Yildirim, Sadik ^b   Akbayir, Nihat ^a   Yilmaz, Banu ^a   Yenice, Necati ^c   Gütekin, Orhan Sami ^d   Peker, Önder ^e  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b i ili Etfal Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Okmeydani Teaching and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^d Endotip Private Endoscopy Center   (Turkey)

^e Haydarpasa Numune Teaching and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Collagenous colitis; Diarrhea of unknown etiology; Lymphocytic colitis; Microscopic colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM MUCOSA; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTIC COLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC COLITIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREVALENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); BIOPSY; DIARRHEA; ILEUM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; COLITIS, MICROSCOPIC; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 55949130067     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.4319     Document Type: Article

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