Therapeutic efficacy of leukocytapheresis in a pregnant woman with severe active ulcerative colitis

Digestion

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-18

  Okada, H ^a   Makidono, C ^a   Takenaka, R ^a   Hiraoka, S ^a   Fujiwara, A ^a   Kato, J ^a   Kawahara, Y ^a   Kawamoto, H ^a   Mizuno, M ^a   Shiratori, Y ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Leukocytapheresis; Pregnancy, ulcerative colitis; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

MESALAZINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANXIETY; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRIFUGATION; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; CYTAPHERESIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKAPHERESIS; LEUKOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKAPHERESIS; MESALAMINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 33751505059     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095478     Document Type: Article

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