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Predictors of clinical response in patients with ulcerative colitis treated with granulocyte-monocyte apheresis: analysis of the apheresis registry data.

Pietro Manuel Ferraro 1Valeria D’OvidioGiampaolo BresciMarco AstegianoBeatrice PrincipiRenata D’Inca’Roberto TestaDaniela ValpianiLuisa GuidiAlessandro ArmuzziFrancesco CostaAnnalisa AratariMaurizio VecchiRoberto De FranchisVincenza Di LeoChiara RicciGabriele RieglerElisabetta ColomboGiuseppe RepaciPierenrico LecisMichele SillaStefano Passalacqua, G Ital Nefrol. Jan-Feb 2012;29 Suppl 54:S144-6.

We analyzed predictors of clinical response after a cycle of granulocytemonocyte apheresis in 173 patients with ulcerative colitis. Hemoglobin levels independently predicted good clinical outcome.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22388848/

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