Rapid induction of mucosal healing by intensive granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive aphaeresis in active ulcerative colitis patients without concomitant corticosteroid therapy

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 583-585

  Fukuchi, T ^a   Nakase, H ^b   Ito, D ^a   Yamashita, H ^a   Matsuura, M ^b   Nagatani, Y ^a   Koga, H ^a   Senda, K ^a   Eguchi, T ^a   Ubukata, S ^a   Kawaguchi, S ^a   Ueda, A ^a   Tanaka, T ^a   Ohashi, R ^a   Otzuka, M ^a   Ashida, K ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI NAKATSU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

APHERESIS; COLON MUCOSA; COLONOSCOPY; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULOCYTE AND MONOCYTE ADSORPTIVE APHERESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; MONOCYTES;

EID: 79961199366     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.04768.x     Document Type: Letter

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