Surrogate markers and clinical indices, alone or combined, as indicators for endoscopic remission in anti-TNF-treated luminal Crohn's disease
Surrogate markers and clinical indices, alone or combined, as indicators for endoscopic remission in anti-TNF-treated luminal Crohn's disease
C. af Björkesten,U. Nieminen,3 Authors,M. Färkkilä
2012 · DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2012.660542
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology · 156 Citations
TLDR
Clinical scores commonly used in the assessment of disease activity are unreliable at differentiating endoscopic remission from active CD, and despite this, a score based on a combination of fecal calprotectin and the HBI is a new promising tool for identifying endoscopies remission.
