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Normal values for calprotectin in stool samples of infants from the population-based longitudinal born into life study

  • Sari Peura
  • , Tove Fall
  • , Catarina Almqvist
  • , Ellika Andolf
  • , Anna Hedman
  • , Göran Pershagen
  • , Johanna Helmersson-Karlqvist
  • , Anders Larsson

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Abstract

Faecal calprotectin is a protein used as a diagnostic marker for inflammatory bowel diseases. We determined upper limits for normal calprotectin values for neonatal, 6, 12 and 24months old children using a turbidimetric immunoassay in a cohort of Swedish children. The advantage of the method is that opposite to previously used enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method, it enables measuring single samples, and thus, shortens the analysis time significantly. There were 72 samples (41.7% female) collected neonatally, 63 samples (34.9% female) at 6months, 60 samples (40.0% female) at 12months and 51 samples (43.1% female) at 24months. The upper limits for normal values were 233, 615, 136 and 57 mu g mg(-1) for infants aged 0, 6, 12 and 24months, respectively.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)120-124
Number of pages5
JournalScandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation
Volume78
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • Calprotectin
  • turbidimetric immunoassay
  • normal values
  • inflammatory bowel disease
  • abdominal pain

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