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Fecal calprotectin: beyond intestinal organic diseases.
Panminerva medica - 1 Mar 2018
Caviglia Gian P, Ribaldone Davide G, Rosso Chiara, Saracco Giorgio M, Astegiano Marco, Pellicano Rinaldo
Abstract excerpt
Fecal calprotectin (FC) is a calcium-binding protein with antimicrobic, imunomodulatory and antiproliferative properties that is mainly found in the cytoplasm of neutrophil granulocytes. During the last decades, FC became an increasingly useful tool both for gastroenterologists and for general practitioners for distinguishing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from irritable bowel syndrome. FC correlates with...
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