Severe alcoholic hepatitis successfully treated by leukocytapheresis: A case report

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 8 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Tsuji, Yoshiyasu ^a   Kumashiro, Ryukichi ^a   Ishii, Kunihide ^b   Arinaga, Teruko ^a   Sakamoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Tanabe, Ryo ^a   Ogata, Kei ^a   Koga, Yuriko ^a   Ide, Tatsuya ^a   Ono, Naofumi ^a   Tanaka, Eisuke ^a   Abe, Hirohiko ^b   Sata, Michio ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Asakura Prefecture Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis; Prednisolone; Severe alcoholic hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PHYTATE TC 99M; PREDNISOLONE; TECHNETIUM 99M; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADSORPTION; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; APHERESIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; GRANULOCYTE; GRANULOCYTE AND MONOCYTE ADSORPTION APHERESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKAPHERESIS; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; MALE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

KURUME;

EID: 10744229700     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.alc.0000078607.32247.9d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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