Microscopic colitis

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Key articles

Nguyen GC, Smalley WE, Vege SS, et al. American Gastroenterological Association Institute guideline on the medical management of microscopic colitis. Gastroenterology. 2016 Jan;150(1):242-6.Full text  Abstract

Arasaradnam RP, Brown S, Forbes A, et al. Guidelines for the investigation of chronic diarrhoea in adults: British Society of Gastroenterology, 3rd edition. Gut. 2018 Aug;67(8):1380-99.Full text  Abstract

Miehlke S, Guagnozzi D, Zabana Y, et al. European guidelines on microscopic colitis: United European Gastroenterology and European Microscopic Colitis Group statements and recommendations. United European Gastroenterol J. 2021 Feb 22;9(1):13-37.Full text  Abstract

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