Background: Fecal calprotectin (FC) has been proposed as a noninvasive surrogate marker to determine the degree of intestinal inflammation and predicting relapse in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim was to compare FC levels in IBD and healthy controls, to correlate FC levels wi
Fecal Calprotectin in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review
โ Scribed by Kostakis, Ioannis D.; Cholidou, Kyriaki G.; Vaiopoulos, Aristeidis G.; Vlachos, Ioannis S.; Perrea, Despina; Vaos, George
- Book ID
- 115452565
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 233 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-2116
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