Monthly Archives: November 2011

New Faecal Calprotectin Service at the L&D

This week we finally opened our new faecal calprotectin service. Presently we are calibrating our system with samples donated from volunteers, but shortly we will be able to offer this routinely to our catchment patients. Faecal calprotectin is a neutophil degradation product which can be used as a non-invasive marker of inflammation. My own published research demonstrated a direct correlation…

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