Non-invasive investigation of inflammatory bowel disease

摘要

The assessment of inflammatory activity in intestinal disease in man can be done using a variety of different techniques. These range from the use of non- invasive acute phase inflammatory markers measured in plasms such as C reactive protein 9CRP) and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) both of which give an indirect assessment of disease activity) to the direct assessment of disease activity by intestinal biopsy prformed during endoscopy in association with endoscopic scoring systems.