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Factors associated with the presence of abnormal levels of fecal calprotectin in patients with negative panenteric studies.

Juan Egea ValenzuelaElena Iglesias JorqueraFrancisco Javier Álvarez-HiguerasMaría Muñoz TorneroAna Pereñíguez LópezEsther Estrella DíezFernando Alberca de Las Parras
Published in: Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva (2021)
smoking and the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are strongly associated with elevated levels of fecal calprotectin in symptomatic patients with a negative colonoscopy and capsule endoscopy of the small bowel. Small intestine bacterial overgrowth is also associated.
Keyphrases
  • anti inflammatory drugs
  • small bowel
  • disease activity
  • smoking cessation
  • colorectal cancer screening