Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Acad Emerg Med
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The objective was to describe the association between two novel biomarkers, calprotectin and leucine-rich alpha glycoprotein-1 (LRG), and appendicitis in children. ⋯ Plasma calprotectin and serum/urine LRG are elevated in pediatric appendicitis. No individual marker performed as well as the WBC count.