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Faecal calprotectin: factors affecting levels and its potential role as a surrogate marker for risk of development of Crohn’s Disease

BACKGROUND: Faecal calprotectin (FC) is one of the most widely used non-invasive tests for the diagnosis and assessment of Crohn’s disease (CD) activity. Despite this, factors other than disease activity which affect levels have not been extensively reviewed. This is of importance when using FC in t...

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Autores principales: Mendall, Michael A., Chan, Derek, Patel, Roshani, Kumar, Devinder
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5054545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27717310
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-016-0535-z