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ArticleInternational journal of colorectal disease2007

Microscopic colitides: a single center experience in Mexico.

Alberto Rubio-Tapia, Julio Martínez-Salgado, Jorge García-Leiva, Braulio Martínez-Benítez, Misael Uribe

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Article in International journal of colorectal disease, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Diagnosis and management of microscopic colitis: current perspectives.Clinical and experimental gastroenterology · 2014
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  6. Diagnosis and management of microscopic colitis.World journal of gastroenterology · 2008
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alberto Rubio-TapiaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INNSZ), Vasco de Quiroga 15, Sección XVI. Tlalpan, 14000 Mexico City, Mexico. albertorubio.md@gmail.com
Julio Martínez-Salgado
Jorge García-Leiva
Braulio Martínez-Benítez
Misael Uribe
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán · MX

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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimMicroscopic colitis is characterized by chronic diarrhea and specific microscopic changes in a macroscopically normal colonic mucosa. In this paper, we report the clinical and histological features of a group of Mexican patients with microscopic colitis. MATERIALS AND

methodsPatients were identified from 10 years of data in the pathology database of our institution. A pathologist reassessed all biopsy material. We included only patients who met strict histopathological criteria. Clinical data were obtained from medical records.

resultsMicroscopic colitis was diagnosed in 26 cases. The female/male ratio was 1.8:1. The median age at diagnosis was 56.5 +/- 15.7 (range, 26-85) years. The most frequent symptoms were diarrhea in all, weight loss in 22 (84%), and abdominal pain in 18 (69%) patients. Sixteen (61%) patients reported associated diseases; autoimmune thyroid disorders were the most common. Drug-induced microscopic colitis was suspected in 12 (46%) patients. More than 80% of the treated patients improved or had clinical remission.

conclusionMicroscopic colitis is an uncommon colonic disease at our institution, representing less than 1% of the final diagnoses in mucosal colonic biopsies. It is the largest case series of microscopic colitis in the Mexican population.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overChronic DiseaseColitis, MicroscopicColonDiarrheaFemaleHumansIntestinesMaleMexicoMiddle Aged

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