Diagnostic accuracy of faecal calprotectin in a symptom-based algorithm for early diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease adjusting for differential verification bias using a Bayesian approach.

CONCLUSIONS: fCAL with a threshold set at 70 μg/g seems to represent a potentially reliable negative test to be used in primary care settings for patients with symptoms suggestive of IBD. PMID: 32838582 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Scand J Gastroenterol Source Type: research