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Intestinal Ultrasound Feasible for Detecting Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
fecal calprotectin (FC), and endoscopic findings in newly diagnosed pediatric IBD patients. The analysis included 50 pediatric patients (median age, 13.5 years) undergoing colonoscopy (50 percent ...
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Efficacy of faecal microbiota transplantation for patients with irritable bowel syndrome in a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study
The medical history was obtained for all patients, and they underwent a complete physical examination as well as blood tests for full blood count, electrolytes and inflammatory markers including ...
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‘Alcohol gene’ could predict how cocktails may affect you — and there’s a test for it
Do you experience nausea, facial flushing or a racing heart after enjoying even small amounts of your favorite cocktail? These could be signs that you have an inherited intolerance to alcohol ...
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‘Alcohol gene’ could predict how cocktails may affect you — and there’s a test for it
An at-home DNA test could detect whether you have the mutation causing this alcohol adversity. The test looks for mutations in the ADH and ALDH genes, which affect metabolism, according to several ...
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'I spent the last three Christmas periods in hospital due to Crohn’s disease – I want to change that'
According to the charity Crohn’s & Colitis UK, Crohn’s disease is a type of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD ... After a blood test and two stool samples, it was revealed Kirsten’s faecal calprotectin ...
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Surrey music teacher who spent three Christmases in hospital due to debilitating disease wants to rewrite her festive story
According to Crohn’s & Colitis UK, Crohn’s disease is a type of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD ... After a blood test and two stool samples, Kirsten’s faecal calprotectin levels were ...
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'I was lying on the bathroom floor, screaming'
According to the charity Crohn’s & Colitis UK, Crohn’s disease is a type of Inflammatory Bowel Disease ... a blood test and two stool samples, it was revealed that Kirsten’s faecal ...
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Noninvasive Microbiome Test May Specifically Identify Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis
Additionally, the results are reproducible across different populations, suggesting that these markers are true indicators of IBD, she added. “With a better performance than the commonly used ...
Medscape1mon
Noninvasive Microbiome Test May Specifically Identify Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis
Models based on this test showed numerically higher performance than fecal calprotectin in discriminating UC and CD samples from controls. These universally IBD-associated bacteria suggest the ...
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Is Hospital Care or Community-Based Care Better for IBD Management?
Hospital care for IBD is associated with worse disease and intensive interventions ... such as C-reactive protein and fecal calprotectin, alongside lower albumin and hemoglobin levels, which indicate ...
Medscape1mon
Clinical Utility of Calprotectin and Lactoferrin in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2012;8(6):579-585. The evidence on the capacity of FC in predicting the relapse risk of IBD is still controversial. While it seems that in patients with sustained ...