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Leukocytapheresis (LCAP) using a leukocyte removal filter was performed for 8 patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis (UC). Significant clinical improvement was attained in 5 of 8 patients (62.5%). All of them had been suffering from moderately active colitis and received corticosteroid therapy. On the other hand, 3 patients with severely active disease and treated with little or no corticosteroid were resistant to LCAP. This result indicates that LCAP is an effective treatment for steroid-resistant cases of UC when combined with steroid therapy. LCAP alone, however, seems to have little efficacy for severely active UC.
本文言語 | English |
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ページ(範囲) | 115-119 |
ページ数 | 5 |
ジャーナル | Therapeutic Apheresis |
巻 | 2 |
号 | 2 |
DOI | |
出版ステータス | Published - 1998 5月 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 医学(全般)