A calprotectin stool test detects levels of calprotectin in stool. This protein indicates bowel inflammation. It can help diagnose and monitor conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A ...

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Questions on fecal calprotectin's usefulness as a measure of intestinal inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) dominated the viewer chat after the opening session of Advances in Inflammatory ...

Patients presenting with persistent abdominal pain and diarrhea are common in clinical practice. Evaluation of these patients, assuming no alarm symptoms, can be difficult. Inflammatory bowel disease ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has cleared a fully automated random access calprotectin assay to assist in the diagnosis of ...

Age, fecal calprotectin level, toxin B polymerase chain reaction cycle threshold, immunosuppression, sex, and creatinine levels were identified as independent risk factors for developing recurrent ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a prospective study, researchers enrolled 457 asymptomatic participants (mean age 61.4 years; 75% women) from ...

Regular stool tests already used in NHS care, combined with dietary information, could help identify people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) at higher risk of relapse, a major study appearing in ...

Share on Pinterest Blood tests could be used more in the future in Crohn’s disease management. Bisual Studio/Stocksy More than half a million people in the United States live with Crohn’s disease. New ...