The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of the acute-phase serum protein a,-antitrypsin (a,- AT) compared with the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), platelet count, and hemoglobin level in screening for inflammation in newly diagnosed and known patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Bile acid malabsorption in inflammatory bowel disease: Assessment by serum markers
โ Scribed by Martin Lenicek; Dana Duricova; Viktor Komarek; Bronislava Gabrysova; Milan Lukas; Zdenek Smerhovsky; Libor Vitek
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 290 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1078-0998
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