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Does fecal calprotectin predict relapse in patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis?

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2009

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Valle García–Sánchez, E Iglesias-Flores, Raúl González, Javier P. Gisbert, José María Gallardo-Valverde, Ángel González-Galilea, Antonio Naranjo-Rodríguez, Juan Francisco de Dios-Vega, Jordi Muntané, Federico Gómez-Camacho
Journal of Crohn s and Colitis

Abstract

Fecal calprotectin may be a useful marker for predicting relapse in patients with IBD. Its predictive value is greater in UC and CD with colon involvement and inflammatory pattern, compared with ileal CD.

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