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Differential diagnosis of colitis

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease: From Bench to Bedside

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NSAID injury can mimic IBC, can exacerbate IBD, and NSAID use may also be more common in the diarrheal syndrome of collagenous colitis, though there is no clear role in pathogenesis.

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Eng, S.C., Surawicz, C.M. (2003). Differential diagnosis of colitis. In: Targan, S.R., Shanahan, F., Karp, L.C. (eds) Inflammatory Bowel Disease: From Bench to Bedside. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25808-6_21

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