Mechanism of diarrhea in microscopic colitis
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which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Microscopic colitis (MC) is characterized by chronic watery diarrhea. MC comprises two entities: collagenous colitis (CC) and lymphocytic colitis (LC), which are separated by typical histopathological characteristics. The colonic mucosa appears endoscopicall...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1007-9327
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i35.5535