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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2018; 24(33): 3681-3694
Published online Sep 7, 2018. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i33.3681
From bench to bedside: Fecal calprotectin in inflammatory bowel diseases clinical setting
Maria Gloria Mumolo, Lorenzo Bertani, Linda Ceccarelli, Gabriella Laino, Giorgia Di Fluri, Eleonora Albano, Gherardo Tapete, Francesco Costa
Maria Gloria Mumolo, Linda Ceccarelli, Giorgia Di Fluri, Francesco Costa, Department of General Surgery and Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa 56124, Italy
Lorenzo Bertani, Gabriella Laino, Eleonora Albano, Gherardo Tapete, Department of New Technologies and Translational Research in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa 56122, Italy
Author contributions: All authors equally contributed to this paper with conception and design of the study, literature review and analysis, drafting and critical revision and editing, and final approval of the final version.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have declared that no potential conflict of interest exists.
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Correspondence to: Francesco Costa, MD, PhD, Chief Doctor, Gastroenterology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, via Paradisa 2, Pisa 56124, Italy. fcosta@med.unipi.it
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Received: May 4, 2018
Peer-review started: May 5, 2018
First decision: May 17, 2018
Revised: June 5, 2018
Accepted: June 27, 2018
Article in press: June 27, 2018
Published online: September 7, 2018
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Core Tip

Core tip: This manuscript is a review of current literature on clinical use of fecal calprotectin in distinguishing irritable bowel syndrome from inflammatory bowel diseases and in the long-term management of inflammatory bowel disease patients, which includes monitoring of disease activity, response to therapy, disease relapse and post-operative recurrence. Concerns about the optimal cut-off in different settings have also been discussed.