Characteristics of inflammatory bowel disease serology in patients with indeterminate colitis.

ABSTRACT:

Goals and background

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) serology testing is often used in patients with indeterminate colitis (IC) to help distinguish between ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). We investigated the performance of serology testing in predicting future diagnosis in this setting.

Study

This was an observational study of individuals with IC at a single center who underwent IBD serology testing [anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody (ASCA), perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (pANCA), and anti-outer membrane porin C antibody (anti-OmpC)] and had at least 12 months follow-up from the time of serology test results.

Results

A total of 117 individuals with IC and with 1-year follow-up data were enrolled. All IC patients had endoscopic

SUBMITTER: Sura SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3956001 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature