Leukocytapheresis with leukocyte removal filter as new therapy for ulcerative colitis

Therapeutic Apheresis

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-211

  Sawada, Koji ^a   Ohnishi, Kuniki ^a   Kosaka, Tadashi ^a   Chikano, Shinji ^a   Yokota, Yoshiro ^a   Egashira, Akimitsu ^a   Izawa, Hiroaki ^a   Yamamura, Makoto ^a   Amano, Kuniki ^a   Satomi, Masamichi ^a   Shimoyama, Takashi ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leukocytapheresis; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FILTRATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; LEUKAPHERESIS; LEUKOCYTE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FILTRATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKINS; LEUKAPHERESIS; LEUKOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031195867     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.1997.tb00138.x     Document Type: Article

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