Fecal calprotectin as a biomarker of inflammatory lesions of the small bowel seen by videocapsule endoscopy
Introduction: The levels of calprotectin in the stools are proportional to neutrophil activity in the enteric lumen, so fecal calprotectin is a useful intestinal inflammatory biomarker. It is an extended tool as predictor of colonic pathology but there is scare evidence about its utility in the smal...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Aran Ediciones
2015-04-01
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| Series: | Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas |
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| Online Access: | http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082015000400004&lng=en&tlng=en |