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Emerging Biomarkers for the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Aug 2016
Soubières Anet A, Poullis Andrew
Abstract excerpt
There is currently no single test available to confidently diagnose cases of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Physicians rely on a number of diagnostic tools, including clinical evaluation, serum testing, and imaging, which are used on conjunction with endoscopic evaluation. It is often difficult to determine whether patients with abdominal pain and change in bowel habit have functional bowel symptoms or whether...
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