Assessing Histological Inflammatory Activity in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study Testing Fecal Biomarkers Lactoferrin and Calprotectin.
Jost LanghorstLana KaireyAngela OberleJames BooneGustav DobosHendrik JuetteAndrea TannapfelAndreas RuefferPublished in: Crohn's & colitis 360 (2020)
Fecal biomarkers calprotectin and lactoferrin correlate with histological disease activity and differentiate between patients in histological remission from those with evidence of moderate to severe disease activity. Their noninvasiveness, in addition to being inexpensive, supports their use in the clinical monitoring of patients with UC.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- ulcerative colitis
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- oxidative stress
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- patient reported outcomes
- high intensity
- drug induced