Lymphocytic colitis presenting as difficult diarrhoea in an African woman: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ekrikpo, Udeme E ^a   Otegbayo, Jesse A ^a   Oluwasola, Abideen O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BISMUTH SALICYLATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC COLITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NEUTROPHIL; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77649136676     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-31     Document Type: Article

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