Open AccessPrevalence of microscopic colitis in patients with diarrhea of unknown etiology in Turkey
Author(s) -
Levent Erdem,
Sadık Yildirim,
Nihat Akbayir,
Banu Yılmaz,
Necati Yenice,
Orhan Sami Gültekin,
Önder Peker
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.4319
Subject(s) - lymphocytic colitis , microscopic colitis , medicine , collagenous colitis , colitis , etiology , gastroenterology , colonoscopy , diarrhea , lamina propria , bloody diarrhea , pathology , inflammatory bowel disease , colorectal cancer , epithelium , disease , cancer
To investigate the prevalence and demography of microscopic colitis in patients with diarrhea of unknown etiology and normal colonoscopy in Turkey.