Research Article
Reduced T Cell Receptor Excision Circle Levels in the Colonic Mucosa of Microscopic Colitis Patients Indicate Local Proliferation rather than Homing of Peripheral Lymphocytes to the Inflamed Mucosa
Table 1
Demographic features of the patients and controls.
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CC: collagenous colitis; LC: lymphocytic colitis; CC-HR: CC-histopathological remission; LC-HR: LC-histopathological remission; NI diarrhoea patients: noninflamed diarrhoea patients; NSAID: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and PPIs: proton pump inhibitors. aMedian (min–max), ND: no data, NA: not applicable. |