Is microscopic colitis a missed diagnosis in diarrhea-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 202-206

  Tavakkoli, Hamid ^a   Esmaeili, Farshad Sheikh ^b   Emami, Mohammad Hasan ^a   Mahzouni, Parvin ^a   Haghdani, Saeid ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Colonoscopy; Diarrhea; Irritable bowel syndrome; Microscopic colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRRITABLE COLON; LYMPHOCYTIC COLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC COLITIS;

EID: 56749170313     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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