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Down-regulation of interfeferon-γ parallels clinical response to selective leukocyte apheresis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease:a 12-month follow-up study
Leukocyte apheresis is a novel and safe nonpharmacological adjunct therapy that may prove useful in steroid refractory or dependent patients when conventional drugs have failed. Down-regulation of IFN-gamma in mucosal biopsies and in peripheral leukocytes may be a predictive marker for sustained, long-term response.
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