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O’Donoghue, D., Sheahan, K. (2003). Microscopic colitis: collagenous and lymphocytic 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_43

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