Extracorporeal leukocyte removal therapy for patients with ulcerative colitis

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 431-436

  Kumagai, Masami ^a   Yamato, Yasuhiko ^a   Maeda, Kohji ^a   Nakashima, Eisuke ^a   Ushijima, Kosuke ^a   Kimura, Akihiko ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Granulocytapheresis; Leukocytapheresis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; MESALAZINE; NAFAMSTAT MESILATE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CYTAPHERESIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FATIGUE; GRANULOCYTAPHERESIS; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; LEUKAPHERESIS; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NAUSEA; NOSE CONGESTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; HUMANS; LEUKAPHERESIS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250704193     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02392.x     Document Type: Article

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