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Crohn's disease activity assessed by fecal calprotectin and lactoferrin: Correlation with Crohn's disease activity index and endoscopic findings

T. Sipponen,E. Savilahti,3 Authors,M. Färkkilä

2008 · DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20312
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases · 518 Citations

TLDR

For evaluation of Crohn's disease activity, based on endoscopic findings, more sensitive surrogate markers than is CDAI or CRP are fecal calprotectin and lactoferrin, which prove to be useful tools for estimation of disease activity in Crohn't disease.