Department of Clinical Biochemistry Immunology area, Catholic University of Cuyo, San Juan, Argentina
Commentary
Fecal Calprotectin Levels in Patients with Positive Anti-transglutaminase Antibodies and Patients on a Gluten Free Diet
Author(s): Julieta Oribe Bubica*, Sergio Gabriel MontaƱez, Bibiana Beatriz Ruiz and Gerardo Enzo Castro Ocampo
To arrive at the diagnosis of certain inflammatory bowel diseases and establish the severity of the picture, invasive
approach is routinely used for the patient through colonoscopy, contrast radiography, among others. Due to the
logical resistance generated by submitting to practices of this type and considering that it is difficult to harmonize
clinical, endoscopic and histological result, it was imperative to have a marker that would be part of a noninvasive test
and as objective as possible and reproducible for evaluate this type of pathology.
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DOI:
10.35248/2327-5146.21.9.354