Clinical role of calprotectin assay in determining histological relapses in children affected by inflammatory bowel diseases

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1229-1235

  Diamanti, Antonella ^a   Colistro, F ^a   Basso, M S ^a   Papadatou, B ^a   Francalanci, P ^a   Bracci, F ^a   Muraca, M ^a   Knafelz, D ^a   de Angelis, P ^a   Castro, M ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calprotection; Children; Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CALGRANULIN; CYCLOSPORIN; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE;

BIOASSAY; CHILD; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ENTERITIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; LEUKOCYTE L1 ANTIGEN COMPLEX; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 54349085591     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20472     Document Type: Review

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