Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. May 7, 2009; 15(17): 2166-2169
Published online May 7, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.2166
Lansoprazole-associated collagenous colitis: Diffuse mucosal cloudiness mimicking ulcerative colitis
Mitsuro Chiba, Takeshi Sugawara, Haruhiko Tozawa, Hidehiko Tsuda, Toru Abe, Takuo Tokairin, Iwao Ono, Eriko Ushiyama
Mitsuro Chiba, Takeshi Sugawara, Haruhiko Tozawa, Hidehiko Tsuda, Toru Abe, Division of Gastroenterology, Nakadori General Hospital, Akita 010-8577, Japan
Takuo Tokairin, Iwao Ono, Department of Pathology, Nakadori General Hospital, Akita 010-8577, Japan
Eriko Ushiyama, Department of Internal Medicine, Nakadori Rehabilitation Hospital, Akita, 010-8577, Japan
Author contributions: Sugawara T, Tozawa H, Tsuda H and Abe T performed the colonoscopy; Tokairin T and Ono I performed the pathological studies; Ushiyama E and Chiba M were the doctors responsible for the present case; Chiba M wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Mitsuro Chiba, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, Nakadori General Hospital, 3-15, Misono-cho, Minami-dori, Akita 010-8577, Japan. mchiba@meiwakai.or.jp
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Received: February 16, 2009
Revised: March 23, 2009
Accepted: March 30, 2009
Published online: May 7, 2009
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