New American Gastroenterological Association Guidelines for Managing Crohn ’s Disease Suggest More Clinical Laboratory Tests and Fewer Colonoscopies

As doctors become more familiar with using biomarkers to monitor Crohn’s disease, clinical laboratories may play a greater role in that process New evidence-based guidelines from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) that call for using specific biomarkers to help manage Crohn’s disease (CD) may decrease the number of invasive procedures patients must undergo and increase […] The post New American Gastroenterological Association Guidelines for Managing Crohn’s Disease Suggest More Clinical Laboratory Tests and Fewer Colonoscopies appeared first on Dark Daily.
Source: Dark Daily - Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Resources Laboratory Testing Precision Medicine AGA American Gastroenterological Association anatomic pathology Ashkan Farhadi MD Ashwin Ananthakrishnan MD biomarkers c reactive protein Source Type: news