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Performance of blood tests in diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease in a specialist clinic
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- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016Blood tests in the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel diseaseShow More
Dear Editor
We read with interest the study by Cabrera-Abreu et al. which examined the reliability of blood tests in the screening of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).[1] They showed that blood tests should not be relied on completely as both false positive and false negative results may occur.
In a recent study, we investigated the diagnostic value of blood tests in predicting IBD in children with...
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