Optimal management of collagenous colitis: a review

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Table 1 Hjortswang-Criteria definition of clinical disease activity in collagenous colitis

	Stools per day (mean during 1 week)		Watery stools per day (mean during 1 week)
Clinical remission	<3	AND	<1
Clinical activity	≥3	OR	≥1

Notes: Adapted by permission of Oxford University Press from Munch A, Aust D, Bohr J, et al. Microscopic colitis: current status, present and future challenges: statements of the European Microscopic Colitis Group. Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis. 2012;6(9):932–945. Copyright © Oxford University Press.³²

Figure 1 European Microscopic Colitis Group algorithm for the management of collagenous colitis.

Notes: Adapted by permission of Oxford University Press from Munch A, Aust D, Bohr J, et al. Microscopic colitis: current status, present and future challenges: statements of the European Microscopic Colitis Group. Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis. 2012;6(9):932–945. Copyright © Oxford University Press.³²
Abbreviations: 6MP, 6 mercaptopurine; ADA, adalimumab; AZA, azathioprine; IFX, infliximab; TNF, tumour necrosis factor; Vit D, vitamin D.

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