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Intestinal inflammation—key to complications in cirrhosis?

An ideal diagnostic test should be quick, reliable and noninvasive. Fecal calprotectin is considered a marker of intestinal inflammation and has proven to be an effective test for IBD, but is fecal calprotectin a useful diagnostic tool when assessing patients with cirrhosis?

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K. D. Mullen declares that he has worked as a consultant and been a member of a speakers bureau for Salix Pharmaceuticals. R. K. Prakash declares no competing interests.

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Prakash, R., Mullen, K. Intestinal inflammation—key to complications in cirrhosis?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 8, 665–667 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2011.209

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