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ArticleBiomedicines2024

Enhancing Calprotectin's Predictive Power as a Biomarker of Endoscopic Activity in Ulcerative Colitis: A Machine Learning Use Case.

Mihaela Dranga, Cătălina Mihai, Otilia Gavrilescu, Cristina Cijevschi Prelipcean, Iolanda Valentina Popa

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Article in Biomedicines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mihaela DrangaInternal Medicine Department, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Cătălina MihaiInternal Medicine Department, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9375-9224
Otilia GavrilescuInternal Medicine Department, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Cristina Cijevschi Prelipcean"Saint Spiridon" County Hospital, 700111 Iasi, Romania.
Iolanda Valentina PopaInternal Medicine Department, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0597-8839
Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROSpitalul Clinic Judeţean de Urgenţe "Sf. Spiridon" Iaşi · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease characterized by periods of exacerbation and remission, making disease monitoring and management challenging. Endoscopy, the gold standard for assessing disease activity and severity, involves invasive procedures and is associated with patient discomfort and risks. Using machine learning (ML) to combine fecal calprotectin with other clinical or biological tests can significantly enhance the non-invasive prediction of endoscopic disease activity (EDA) in UC.

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calprotectinendoscopic disease activitymachine learningnon-invasive biomarkersulcerative colitis

Identifiers

PMID38540089
PMCPMC10968359
OpenAlexW4391953687

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