[Granulocyte-monocyte apheresis for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease]

Registro Nazionale di Aferesi Terapeutica; Stefano Passalacqua; Pietro Manuel Ferraro

[Granulocyte-monocyte apheresis for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease]

G Ital Nefrol. 2012 Jan-Feb:29 Suppl 54:S61-3.

[Article in Italian]

Authors

Registro Nazionale di Aferesi Terapeutica¹; Stefano Passalacqua, Pietro Manuel Ferraro

Affiliation

¹ Complesso Integrato Columbus-Policlinico Gemelli, UCSC, Roma, Italy.

PMID: 22388832

Abstract

We review the available literature on granulocyte-monocyte apheresis for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and report the outcome data of a multicenter observational study from the Italian registry for therapeutic apheresis.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Clinical Trials as Topic
Colitis, Ulcerative / therapy
Crohn Disease / therapy
Granulocytes* / immunology
Humans
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / immunology
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / therapy*
Leukapheresis* / methods
Monocytes / immunology
Quality of Life
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Remission Induction
Treatment Outcome