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A subtype of MICROSCOPIC COLITIS, characterized by chronic watery DIARRHEA of unknown origin, a normal COLONOSCOPY but abnormal histopathology on BIOPSY. Microscopic examination of biopsy samples taken from the COLON show larger-than-normal band of subepithelial COLLAGEN.
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- Colitis, Collagenous
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2005
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- Colitis (1976-2004)
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- National Library of Medicine. Collagenous Colitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D046729. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D046729
- Collagenous Colitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collagenous_colitis
- Collagenous Colitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q450470