High-sensitivity C-reactive protein for identification of disease phenotype, active disease, and clinical relapses in Crohn's disease: a marker for patient classification?

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BACKGROUND: C-reactive protein (CRP) is a traditional nonspecific marker of inflammation, with Crohn's disease (CD) being associated with a strong CRP response. Thus far, no clear cutoff values have been determined. The authors' aim was to investigate whether high-sensitivity (hs)-CRP is useful for the identification disease phenotype, active disease, and relapse during follow-up, using a classification based on...

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