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Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2010 This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of microscopic ...
Short, Matthew W.
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Familial Microscopic Colitis [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2001 Collagenous and lymphocytic colitis are two inflammatory conditions of the colon that are often collectively referred to as microscopic colitis. The present report describes what is believed to be the third published case of familial microscopic colitis.
Ayman Assad Abdo +2 more
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Is Microscopic Colitis Really Microscopic? [PDF]
Gut and Liver, 2015 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 endoscopically normal in general so it can be diagnosed only by colonic mucosal biopsies. But, macroscopic
Park, Young Sook, Kim, Tae Kyun
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Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2002 Abstract Microscopic colitis is an umbrella term used to include two idiopathic inflammatory bowel disorders that present with chronic watery diarrhea, normal endoscopic findings and characteristic inflammatory changes on histology. Collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis are distinguished by the presence of a thickened subepithelial collagen table.
Peter, Tagkalidis +2 more
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Digestive Diseases, 2015 Microscopic colitis (MC) is the common denominator for lymphocytic and collagenous colitis (CC). It is now recognized as a relatively frequent cause of diarrhea that equals the prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease. Patients are typically middle-aged women, but disease may occur at every age.
Bouma, G., Munch, A.S.
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Microbial associations with Microscopic Colitis [PDF]
Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology, 2021 ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Microscopic colitis is a relatively common cause of chronic diarrhea and may be linked to luminal factors. Given the essential role of the microbiome in human gut health, analysis of microbiome changes associated with microscopic colitis could provide insights into ...
Sun, Shan +6 more
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Contrasting Autoimmune Comorbidities in Microscopic Colitis and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Life, 2023 Background: Inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis) and microscopic colitis (lymphocytic and collagenous colitis) are immune-mediated diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, with distinct pathophysiology. Objective: We sought
Istvan Fedor, Eva Zold, Zsolt Barta
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Beneficial effect of voluntary exercise on experimental colitis in mice fed a high-fat diet : the role of irisin, adiponectin and proinflammatory biomarkers [PDF]
, 2017 Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders exhibited by two major phenotypic forms: Crohn‘s disease and ulcerative colitis.
Bilski, Jan +10 more
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World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2012 Microscopic colitis may be defined as a clinical syndrome, of unknown etiology, consisting of chronic watery diarrhea, with no alterations in the large bowel at the endoscopic and radiologic evaluation. Therefore, a definitive diagnosis is only possible by histological analysis.
Ianiro, Gianluca +6 more
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Low bone mass in microscopic colitis
BMC Gastroenterology, 2011 Background Microscopic colitis presents with similar symptoms to classic inflammatory bowel diseases. Osteoporosis is a common complication of Crohn's disease but there are no data concerning bone metabolism in microscopic colitis.
Lakatos Péter +6 more
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