The term microscopic colitis encompasses the conditions collagenous and lymphocytic colitis, which also fall under the heading of the watery diarrhoea syndrome. This description relates to the cardinal clinical symptom of both diseases. The revised new edition of this monograph was necessary given recently published data and thus takes account of the increasing interest in microscopic colitis.
Inhalt
1.Epidemiology101.1.Longitudinal analyses112.Pathology162.1.Definition of microscopic colitis162.2.Collagenous colitis162.3.Lymphocytic colitis192.4.Microscopic colitis: "tip of the iceberg"212.5."New entities" of microscopic colitis?213.Aetiology and pathogenesis263.1.Infectious and immunological factors263.2.Bile acid malabsorption263.3.Association with intake of drugs and other factors273.4.Genetic predisposition273.5.Collagen metabolism273.6.Pathogenetic mechanism of the diarrhoea284.Clinical presentation324.1.Symptoms324.2.Associated diseases324.3.Course335.Clinical investigation and differential diagnosis 365.1.Diagnostic approach365.2.Differentiation from chronic inflammatory bowel diseases365.3.Differential diagnosis376.Pharmacological basis of glucocorticoids406.1.Mechanisms of action406.2.Pharmacodynamics406.3.Budesonide417.Therapy467.1.Evidence-based therapy with budesonide467.1.1.Collagenous colitis467.1.2.Lymphocytic colitis477.2.Empirical treatment approaches48Index54
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Microscopic Colitis
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9783837463903
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18.06.2018
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