The epidemiology of microscopic colitis: A 10-year pathology-based nationwide Danish cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 393-398

  Bonderup, Ole K ^a   Wigh, Tatjana ^b   Nielsen, Gunnar L ^c   Pedersen, Lars ^d   Fenger Gron, Morten ^d,e  

^a SILKEBORG REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b RANDERS REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Collagenous colitis; epidemiology; lymphocytic colitis; microscopic colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLAGENOUS COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; DANISH CITIZEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOCYTIC COLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC COLITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; AGE; BIOPSY; COLITIS, COLLAGENOUS; COLITIS, LYMPHOCYTIC; COLON; DENMARK; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, COLLAGENOUS; COLITIS, LYMPHOCYTIC; COLON; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923938230     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2014.940378     Document Type: Article

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