Therapeutic efficacy of granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis in severe active ulcerative colitis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2349-2353

  Hanai, Hiroyuki ^a   Watanabe, Fumitoshi ^b   Saniabadi, Abby R ^c   Matsushitai, Isao ^d   Takeuchi, Ken ^e   Iida, Takayuki ^e  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Gastroenterology   (Japan)

^c Japan Immunoresearch Institute   (Japan)

^d Department of Gastroenterology   (Japan)

^e Hamamatsu South Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granulocytes; Inflammatory cytokines; Monocytes; Steroid refractory ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MESALAZINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADSORPTION; ADULT; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DENSITY; COLON RESECTION; DEVICE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LEUKOCYTE; MONOCYTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; STEROID THERAPY; TOXICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKAPHERESIS; MACROPHAGES; MONOCYTES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036797131     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020159932758     Document Type: Article

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