Lymphocytic and collagenous colitis: An overview of so-called microscopic colitis

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 209-218

  Chetty, Runjan ^a   Govender, Dhirendra ^b  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; AUTACOID; AZATHIOPRINE; BILE ACID; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; BUDESONIDE; COLESTYRAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LOPERAMIDE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPY; EYE DISEASE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FOOD ALLERGY; GENDER; GIANT CELL MICROSCOPIC COLITIS; GRANULOMATOUS MICROSCOPIC COLITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ILEOSTOMY; INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTIC COLITIS; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; MICROSCOPIC COLITIS; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME;

COLITIS, COLLAGENOUS; COLITIS, LYMPHOCYTIC; COLITIS, MICROSCOPIC; COLON; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84859442079     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2012.16     Document Type: Review

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