Background: Collagenous colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease of unknown origin characterized by a thickened subepithelial collagen layer. Differential expression of matrix-metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of collagenous colitis. The aim was to assess gene
The Behavior of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in Lymphocytic Colitis, Collagenous Colitis and Ulcerative Colitis
✍ Scribed by Gábor Lakatos; Ferenc Sipos; Pál Miheller; István Hritz; Mária Zsófia Varga; Márk Juhász; Béla Molnár; Zsolt Tulassay; László Herszényi
- Book ID
- 107636566
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 266 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1219-4956
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