Noninvasive Markers in the Assessment of Intestinal Inflammation in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Performance of Fecal Lactoferrin, Calprotectin, and PMN-Elastase, CRP, and Clinical Indices

Langhorst, Jost; Elsenbruch, Sigrid; Koelzer, Julia; Rueffer, Andreas; Michalsen, Andreas; Dobos, Gustav

doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01556.x

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Noninvasive Markers in the Assessment of Intestinal Inflammation in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Performance of Fecal Lactoferrin, Calprotectin, and PMN-Elastase, CRP, and Clinical Indices

Published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology • Oct 4, 2007

Authors:

Jost Langhorst

Sigrid Elsenbruch

Julia Koelzer

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to compare the performance of fecal lactoferrin (Lf), calprotectin (Cal), polymorphonuclear neutrophil elastase (PMN-e), as well as serum C-reactive protein (CRP) in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) to address (a) whether these markers can differe...

Subject

Calprotectin

Medicine

Lactoferrin

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