title: Successful use of adalimumab in patient with treatment-refractory microscopic colitis.
abstract: A 50-year-old woman with treatment-refractory lymphocytic colitis was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis. She was started on adalimumab injections which significantly improved her stool frequency and consistency and, consequently, her quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK.
authors.forename: Rebecca Jane
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Makins
mesh_terms: D000068879:Adalimumab / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D046728:Colitis, Microscopic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000068879:Adalimumab