Role of biological markers in inflammatory bowel disease;Papel de los marcadores biológicos en la enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal

Gastroenterologia y Hepatologia

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 117-129

  Gisbert, Javier P ^a,b   González Lama, Yago ^a   Maté, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b Playa de Mojacar   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALPROTECTIN; LACTOFERRIN;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENTERITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; REVIEW;

EID: 34247643801     PISSN: 02105705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13100073     Document Type: Article

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