Off-line leukapheresis using leukofiltration for active ulcerative colitis: A case report

Therapeutic Apheresis

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 480-483

  Endo, Yoshihiro ^a   Tsuzuki, Hideyuki ^a   Fujino, Mitsuhiro ^a   Tabata, Takahisa ^a   Oka, Hiroshi ^a   Shimizu, Tomoharu ^a   Hanasawa, Kazuyoshi ^a   Tani, Tohru ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunomodulation; Leukapheresis; Leukocyte removal filter; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FILTER; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKAPHERESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; LEUKAPHERESIS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035675647     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0968.2001.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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