Ranitidine, diarrhoea, and lymphocytic colitis.
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Ranitidine, diarrhoea, and lymphocytic colitis.
A 69 year old woman developed chronic diarrhoea while being treated with ranitidine. Sigmoidoscopy was performed after six weeks and showed typical histological features of lymphocytic colitis. Ranitidine was withdrawn and the diarrhoea resolved. Eight months later, a 72 hour oral rechallenge period of ranitidine, was performed immediately preceded (period 1) and followed (period 2) by sigmoido...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.37.5.708