Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibody in Pediatric Crohn's Disease Patients without Mucosal Healing Is a Useful Marker of Mucosal Damage.

Conclusions: In patients who have not achieved MH, ASCA IgG is closely related to mucosal damage and CR. Unlike western studies, ASCA IgG may be more helpful in predicting prognosis than IgA in Korean patients, but it is not an appropriate indicator to predict the relapse of CD. PMID: 33376230 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Gut and Liver - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gut Liver Source Type: research