Characterization of Serum Cytokine Profile in Predominantly Colonic Inflammatory Bowel Disease to Delineate Ulcerative and Crohn's Colitides

Background As accessible diagnostic approaches fail to differentiate between ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's colitis (CC) in one-third of patients with predominantly colonic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), leading to inappropriate therapy, we aim to investigate the serum cytokine levels i...

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Main Authors: Olga Y. Korolkova, Jeremy N. Myers, Samuel T. Pellom, Li Wang, Amosy E. M'koma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-08-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Gastroenterology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CGast.S20612