Microscopic colitis - state of current knowledge on pathogenesis, diagnostics and treatment

• Main Authors: Paulina Bętkowska (Author), Gabriela Licak (Author), Paweł Olko (Author), Magda Żuchnik (Author), Agnieszka Rybkowska (Author), Julia Tomkiewicz (Author), Michał Tomkiewicz (Author), Jakub Radulski (Author), Piotr Sałata (Author), Michał Paluch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction and purpose Microscopic colitis is multicausal inflammatory bowel disease, which affects mostly elderly, particularly women. It is a cause of chronic, watery diarrhea. MC usually presents macroscopically normal, thus diagnosis requires colonoscopy and histological examination of colonic...