Fecal calprotectin is equally sensitive in Crohn's disease affecting the small bowel and colon

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 694-700

  Jensen, Michael Dam ^a   Kjeldsen, Jens ^b   Nathan, Torben ^a  

^a LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Calprotectin; Crohn's disease; endoscopy; small intestine

Indexed keywords

CALGRANULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COHORT STUDIES; COLON; CROHN DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; LEUKOCYTE L1 ANTIGEN COMPLEX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955953214     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2011.560680     Document Type: Article

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