• European guidelines on microscopic colitis: United European Gastroenterology (UEG) and European Microscopic Colitis Group (EMCG) statements and recommendations 

      Miehlke, Stephan; Guagnozzi, Danila; Zabana, Yamile; Tontini, Gian E; Fiehn, Anne-Marie Kanstrup; Wildt, Signe; Bohr, Johan; Bonderup, Ole K.; Bouma, Gerd; D’Amato, Mauro; Engel, Peter Johan Heiberg; Fernandez-Banares, Fernando; Macaigne, Gilles; Hjortswang, Henrik; Hultgren-Hörnquist, Elisabeth; Koulaouzidis, Anastasios; Kupcinskas, Jouzas; Landolfi, Stefania; Latella, Giovanni; Lucendo, Alfredo; Lyutakov, Ivan; Madisch, Ahmed; Magro, Fernando; Marlicz, Wojciech; Mihaly, Emese; Munck, Lars Kristian; Østvik, Ann Elisabet; Patai, Árpád V; Penchev, Plamen; Skonieczna-Żydecka, Karolina; Verhaegh, Bas; Münch, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Introduction Microscopic colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease characterised by normal or almost normal endoscopic appearance of the colon, chronic watery, nonbloody diarrhoea and distinct histological abnormalities, ...
    • Mucosal and faecal neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as potential biomarkers for collagenous colitis 

      Bakke, Ingunn; Walaas, Gunnar Andreas; Bruland, Torunn; Røyset, Elin Synnøve; Granlund, Atle van Beelen; Escudero-Hernandez, Celia; Thorsvik, Silje; Münch, Andreas; Sandvik, Arne Kristian; Østvik, Ann Elisabet (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background Collagenous colitis (CC) is an inflammatory bowel disease where chronic diarrhoea is the main symptom. Diagnostic markers distinguishing between CC and other causes of chronic diarrhoea remain elusive. This study ...
    • The water channel aquaporin 8 is a critical regulator of intestinal fluid homeostasis in collagenous colitis 

      Escudero-Hernandez, Celia; Münch, Andreas; Østvik, Ann Elisabet; Granlund, Atle van Beelen; Koch, Stefan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background and Aims: Diarrhoea is a common, debilitating symptom of gastrointestinal disorders. Pathomechanisms probably involve defects in trans-epithelial water transport, but the role of aquaporin [AQP] family water ...