Increased Mast Cell Counts and Degranulation in Microscopic Colitis
Objectives. Microscopic colitis (MC) is characterized by chronic diarrhea, normal colonoscopy findings, and mucosal inflammation in colonic biopsies and can be classified as collagenous colitis (CC) or lymphocytic colitis (LC). However, the pathogenesis of MC is largely unknown. In this study, we ai...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2020-01-01
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Series: | Gastroenterology Research and Practice |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/9089027 |