Patent ID: 8679457

Claim:
A method of distinguishing Crohn's disease from Ulcerative colitis in a subject, comprising analyzing a biological sample from a subject to determine the level(s) of one or more biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease in the sample, wherein the one or more biomarkers are selected from the group consisting of 6-beta-OH-lithocholate, 7-alpha-hydroxy-3-oxo-4-cholestenoate (7-HOCA), Deoxycholic acid, Glycodeoxycholic acid, and Hyodeoxycholic acid; and comparing the level(s) of the one or more biomarkers in the sample to Crohn's disease-positive reference levels that distinguish over Ulcerative colitis and/or to Ulcerative Colitis-positive reference levels that distinguish over Crohn's disease in order to determine whether the subject has Crohn's disease or Ulcerative colitis.