Assessing intestinal permeability in Crohn's disease patients using orally administered 52Cr-EDTA.

BACKGROUND:Intestinal permeability can be assessed by monitoring renal excretion of orally administered radioactively 51Cr-labeled ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (51Cr-EDTA). Although considered safe, patient participation in using radio-labeled tracers is low. Here, we used orally administered 52C...

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Main Authors: Julius Z H von Martels, Arno R Bourgonje, Hermie J M Harmsen, Klaas Nico Faber, Gerard Dijkstra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211973