Gastroenterology / Original Article
The usefulness of fecal calprotectin in assessing inflammatory bowel disease activity
Yang Woon Lee, Kang-Moon Lee, Ji Min Lee, Yoon Yung Chung, Dae Bum Kim, Yeon Ji Kim, Woo Chul Chung, Chang-Nyol Paik
Korean J Intern Med. 2019;34(1):72-80. Published online January 20, 2018
Background/Aims: Fecal calprotectin (FC) is known to correlate with disease activity and can be used as a predictor for relapse or treatment response in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We evaluated the usefulness of FC as a biomarker for disease activity in patients with IBD using both enzyme-link..
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