Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	3047
Country	United States

Received	2013-04-04 20:50
Peer-Review Started	2013-04-05 00:43
To Make the First Decision	2013-04-16 08:53
Return for Revision	2013-04-17 15:53
Revised	2013-05-04 01:06
Second Decision	2013-05-16 20:26
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2013-05-17 10:19
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Case Report
Article Title	Microscopic colitis: Is it a spectrum of inflammatory bowel disease?
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Ramprasad Jegadeesan, Xiuli Liu, Mangesh R Pagadala, Norma Gutierrez, Mujtaba Butt and Udayakumar Navaneethan
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Corresponding Author	Udayakumar Navaneethan, MD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute, Desk A30, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States. navaneu@ccf.org
Key Words	Ulcerative colitis; Lymphocytic colitis; Microscopic colitis; Collagenous colitis; Inflammatory bowel disease
Core Tip	Lymphocytic colitis (LC), together with collagenous colitis (CC) is a part of the spectrum of "microscopic colitis" (MC) characterized by profuse non-bloody watery diarrhea, without endoscopic or radiological lesions, but with histological abnormalities. The association between LC and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is weak and unclear. The case reports of CC progressing to ulcerative colitis (UC) and vice versa has been previously reported but however to our knowledge we report the first case series of six patients with chronic UC subsequently developing into CC or LC suggesting MC could be a part of the spectrum of IBD.
Publish Date	2013-07-13 17:01
Citation	Jegadeesan R, Liu X, Pagadala MR, Gutierrez N, Butt M, Navaneethan U. Microscopic colitis: Is it a spectrum of inflammatory bowel disease? World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(26): 4252-4256
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i26/4252.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i26.4252

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