Beneficial effects of neutrophil-targeted therapy for pyoderma gangrenosum associated with ulcerative colitis

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 804-805

  Ikeda, Kazuko ^a   Hamada, Toshihisa ^a   Otsuka, Masaki ^a   Iwatsuki, Keiji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 8; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG TARGETING; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE AND MONOCYTE ADSORPTION APHERESIS; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADSORPTION; ADULT; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; PREDNISOLONE; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM;

EID: 80054944043     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2011.1461     Document Type: Article

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