Letter: Are lymphocytic colitis and collagenous colitis really the same disease?

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 606-

  Fernandez Banares F ^a,b   Gisbert, J P ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL MÚTUA DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; PLACEBO;

COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC COLITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

COLITIS, COLLAGENOUS; COLITIS, LYMPHOCYTIC; HUMANS;

EID: 84873014169     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2012.05230.x     Document Type: Letter

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