Indications directory

Basic evaluation:

Full blood count, ESR or CRP, sodium, potassium. Gamma-GT, AP, ferritin, folic acid, vitamin B12, methylmalonic acid, vitamin D, immune-globulins

Immunology:

ANCA (atypical ANCA; BPI-antibodies), antibodies against saccharomyces cerevisiae, pancreas-acinus-epithelium-autoantibodies

Stool evaluations:

Stool examination, cultures for general germs, blood (hemoccult or immunological)

Securing of diagnosis:

Coloscopy and histology

Please also refer to sections “malabsorption, diarrhea, pseudomembranous colitis, AIDS”