Fecal calprotectin (FC) in newborns: Is it a predictive marker of gastrointestinal and/or allergic disease?

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 220-223

  Baldassarre, Maria E ^a   Fanelli, Margherita ^a   Lasorella, Maria L ^a   Laneve, Annamaria ^a   Grosso, Roberto ^b   Falcone, Maria R ^a   Laforgia, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ASL BA4   (Italy)

Author keywords

atopy; Fecal calprotectin; functional gastrointestinal; newborns

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALGRANULIN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE L1 ANTIGEN COMPLEX; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79551597200     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2010.486035     Document Type: Article

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