Efficacy of granulocyte and monocyte apheresis for antibiotic-refractory pouchitis after proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis: an open-label, prospective, multicentre study

BACKGROUND: Granulocyte and monocyte apheresis (GMA) has shown therapeutic efficacy in active ulcerative colitis (UC). We thought that in patients with pouchitis after proctocolectomy for UC, GMA might produce immunological effects in the intestinal mucosa, and improve clinical symptoms. This prospe...

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Autores principales: Yamamoto, Takayuki, Tanaka, Toshiaki, Yokoyama, Tadashi, Shimoyama, Takahiro, Ikeuchi, Hiroki, Uchino, Motoi, Watanabe, Toshiaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2016
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5298477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28203278
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1756283X16679348

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5298477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28203278
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1756283X16679348

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