Serial fecal calprotectin measurements to detect endoscopic recurrence in postoperative Crohn's disease: is colonoscopic surveillance no longer needed?

Gastroenterology. 2015 May;148(5):889-92. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.03.022. Epub 2015 Mar 21.

Authors

Alain M Schoepfer¹, James D Lewis²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois/CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: alain.schoepfer@chuv.ch.
² Division of Gastroenterology, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 25805423
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.03.022

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Crohn Disease / surgery*
Feces / chemistry*
Female
Humans
Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex / metabolism*
Male

Substances

Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex