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Utility of faecal calprotectin in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): what cut-offs should we apply?

BACKGROUND: Faecal calprotectin (FC), a cytosolic protein released by neutrophils (S100 family) in response to inflammation, is a simple, non-invasive test that can be used to differentiate irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), where there can be considerable symptom...

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Autores principales: Dhaliwal, A, Zeino, Z, Tomkins, C, Cheung, M, Nwokolo, C, Smith, S, Harmston, C, Arasaradnam, R P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4283700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25580205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2013-100420