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Granulocyte and monocyte apheresis therapy for patients with active ulcerative colitis associated with COVID-19

Miki Koroku 1, Teppei Omori 1, Harutaka Kambayashi 1, Shun Murasugi 1, Tomoko Kuriyama 1, Yuichi Ikarashi 1, Maria Yonezawa 1, Ken Arimura 2, Kazunori Karasawa 3, Norio Hanafusa 4, Masatoshi Kawana 5, Katsutoshi Tokushige 1 Intest Res. 2021 Mar 12. doi: 10.5217/ir.2020.00148.

In conclusion, our patient’s case indicates that GMA for a patient with both active UC and COVID-19 is a safe treatment option for active UC that could lead other patients in this condition to remission.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33902268/

https://irjournal.org/upload/pdf/ir-2020-00148.pdf

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