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- Published on: 15 July 2004
- Published on: 30 June 2004
- Published on: 15 July 2004Author's ReplyShow More
Dear Editor,
We think Gordon has been rather selective with his citation of the literature.[1] The issue here is whether serum C reactive protein estimation has acceptable sensitivity in undiagnosed patients presenting for the first time with symptomatic Crohn’s disease. It was first reported for this purpose by Shine et al who found that 19 of 19 newly presenting symptomatic Crohn’s disease patients had...
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None declared. - Published on: 30 June 2004Inflammatory Markers in Crohn's DiseaseShow More
Dear Editor
I read with interest the review of the management of inflammatory bowel disease by Nayar et al, in which the authors elegantly highlight the major points for the general physician. However I was concerned by the potentially seriously misleading statement that serum C-reactive protein (CRP) concentration is raised in over 95% of patients with symptomatic Crohn's disease, and is useful in distingu...
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