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CASE REPORT: Therapeutic Efficacy of Granulocyte and Monocyte Adsorption Apheresis in Severe Active Ulcerative Colitis

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  1. Department of Endoscopic and Photodynamic Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

    Hiroyuki Hanai

  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Fujueda Munincipal General Hospital, Japan

    Fumitoshi Watanabe

  3. Japan Immunoresearch Laboratories, Japan

    Abby R. Saniabadi

  4. Department of Gastroenterology, Seirei General Hospital, Japan

    Isao Matsushitai

  5. Gastroenterology Centre, Hamamatsu South Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan

    Ken Takeuchi & Takayuki Iida

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Hanai, H., Watanabe, F., Saniabadi, A.R. et al. CASE REPORT: Therapeutic Efficacy of Granulocyte and Monocyte Adsorption Apheresis in Severe Active Ulcerative Colitis. Dig Dis Sci 47, 2349–2353 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020159932758

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