Poorly controlled ulcerative colitis treated by colectomy during remission induced by extracorporeal leukocyte removal therapy

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 684-689

  Fukunaga, Ken ^a   Fukuda, Yoshihiro ^a   Sawada, Koji ^a   Hori, Kazutoshi ^a   Matoba, Yoshika ^a   Sagayama, Ken ^a   Ohnishi, Kunio ^a   Fukui, Shin ^a   Shimoyama, Takashi ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal circulation; Immunomodulation; Leukocytapheresis; Monocyte granulocytapheresis; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

MESALAZINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON PERFORATION; COLON RESECTION; COLON ULCER; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CYTAPHERESIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MONOCYTE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SIGMOID; STEROID THERAPY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; COLECTOMY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKAPHERESIS; MONOCYTES; PREDNISOLONE; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 0043064046     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-002-1122-3     Document Type: Article

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