ArticleCurrent gastroenterology reports2009
Clinical significance of inflammatory markers.
Article in Current gastroenterology reports, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Salivary Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Pooled it
- Prognostic value of assessment of stool and serum IL-1β, IL-1ra and IL-6 concentrations in children with active and inactive ulcerative colitis.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2018Article
- Dysbiosis of salivary microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease and its association with oral immunological biomarkers.DNA research : an international journal for rapid publication of reports on genes and genomes · 2014Article
- The mantra of mucosal healing.Current gastroenterology reports · 2011Article
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Abstract
Inflammatory markers play a key role in the evaluation of patients with gastrointestinal symptoms. For patients presenting with nonspecific symptoms of abdominal pain and diarrhea, distinguishing inflammatory bowel disease from other disorders can be difficult, and invasive diagnostic procedures may be required. Inflammatory markers can be useful to differentiate patients who may require further workup from those who do not. Several serum, fecal, and other markers are reviewed for their use in clinical practice. Although no single ideal marker exists, a few show promise in diagnosing inflammatory disease, monitoring disease activity, and predicting relapse.
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