C-Reactive Protein as a Predictor of Relapse in Asymptomatic Patients with Crohn's Disease
1983 ◽
Vol 28
(1)
◽
pp. 26-29
◽
Keyword(s):
Comparison of the Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) with serum levels of the acute phase proteins during a 4-year study period of 50 patients with Crohn's disease has shown the serum C-reactive protein (CRP) to be a sensitive indicator of clinical status. Five patients are described in whom raised CRP levels reliably predicted relapse at a time when the patients were asymptomatic and the CDAI was normal. Measurement of serum CRP by radial immunodiffusion is cheap and simple, and if performed frequently in the follow-up of patients with Crohn's disease it may permit earlier, and therefore possibly more effective, treatment of relapse.
2015 ◽
Vol 2015
◽
pp. 1-6
◽
Keyword(s):
2013 ◽
Vol 7
(12)
◽
pp. e700-e701
◽
2014 ◽
Vol 53
(17)
◽
pp. 1905-1911
◽
2014 ◽
Vol 2014
◽
pp. 1-8
◽
2009 ◽
Vol 36
(4)
◽
pp. 757-759
◽