Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The AGA formulated 11 conditional recommendations to inform the use of biomarkers in the management of Crohn’s ...

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This prospective study in a large cohort of patients examined the use of calprotectin measurement in feces as a diagnostic test to identify clinically significant gastrointestinal findings in patients ...

Fecal calprotectin (FC) levels were significantly associated with disease activity and extent in ulcerative colitis and also predicted mucosal healing. Researchers analyzed data from 518 visits by 254 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The proteomic profile of breast milk of women with inflammatory bowel disease may affect an infant’s microbiome ...

Fecal calprotectin is a highly sensitive assay that measures inflammation present in the intestinal tract. Gastroenterologists are increasingly ordering fecal calprotectin to screen and monitor ...

FC, Calprotectin; FL, Lactoferrin; MPO, Myeloperoxidase; CRP, C-reactive-protein; ESR, Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; ST2, Suppression of tumorigenicity 2, TNFAIP6 ...

Although not currently recommended as a formal therapeutic target in ulcerative colitis (UC) management, histologic healing is associated with improved long-term clinical outcomes. In a small ...

I am still haunted by my initiation to Crohn disease. My late brother Andrew, who succumbed to the illness because of a confluence of complications at 29 years-old, first manifested symptoms as a ...