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Letter: wide variation in faecal calprotectin values according to the assay
Author(s) -
Sun S.,
Cavey T.,
Peltier L.,
Bendavid C.,
Bouguen G.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
alimentary pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.308
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1365-2036
pISSN - 0269-2813
DOI - 10.1111/apt.13455
Subject(s) - calprotectin , faecal calprotectin , medicine , immunoassay , gold standard (test) , dosing , gastroenterology , inflammatory bowel diseases , inflammatory bowel disease , immunology , disease , antibody
International audienceSIRS, We read with great interest the paper by Yamamotoet al. recently published.1 Of note, endoscopy with biopsiesis considered as the gold standard for the diagnosisand follow-up of patients with inflammatory bowel disease(IBD) but is expensive, time-consuming, and poorlyaccepted by the patient...