Granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis as an effective treatment for Reiter disease

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-244

  Yoshifuku, A ^a   Oyama, K ^a   Ibusuki, A ^a   Kawasaki, M ^a   Sakanoue, M ^a   Matsushita, S ^a   Kawai, K ^a   Kawahara, K ^a   Maruyama, I ^a   Kanekura, T ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; VANCOMYCIN;

ACANTHOSIS; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GRANULOCYTE; HAND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KNEE PAIN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKAPHERESIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PENIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RASH; REITER SYNDROME; SACROILIITIS; SCROTUM; SHOULDER PAIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFILTRATE; SKIN ULCER; URETHRITIS; URINE CULTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; X RAY;

ADSORPTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; LEUKAPHERESIS; MALE; SKIN DISEASES, PAPULOSQUAMOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858449311     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2011.04181.x     Document Type: Article

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