Fecal calprotectin correlates with active colonic inflammatory bowel disease but not with small intestinal Crohn's disease activity.

Eran ZittanOrlaith B KellyIan M GralnekMark S SilverbergA Hillary Steinhart

Published in: JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2018)

FC is reliable for the detection of colonic mucosal inflammation in both UC and CD but is less sensitive and reliable in the detection of small intestinal CD.

Keyphrases

disease activity
systemic lupus erythematosus
ulcerative colitis
rheumatoid arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis patients
ankylosing spondylitis
loop mediated isothermal amplification
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
real time pcr
label free
oxidative stress
nk cells
sensitive detection