Granulocytapheresis (GCAP) for severe alcoholic hepatitis-A preliminary report

Hepatology Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-236

  Kumashiro, Ryukichi ^a   Koga, Yuriko ^a   Kuwahara, Reiichirou ^a   Ide, Tatsuya ^a   Hino, Teruko ^a   Tanaka, Kazuo ^a   Hisamochi, Akiko ^a   Ogata, Kei ^a   Takao, Yukari ^a   Koga, Hiroyuki ^a   Nishida, Hidemi ^a   Okuda, Seiya ^a   Sakamoto, Teruo ^a   Sata, Michio ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcoholic hepatitis; GCAP; Leukocyte; Maddrey's index; MELD score

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN III; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GABEXATE MESILATE; GLUCAGON; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PREDNISOLONE; ULINASTATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKAPHERESIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33750036949     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2006.06.016     Document Type: Article

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