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

Pietro Manuel Ferraro ¹, Valeria D’Ovidio, Giampaolo Bresci, Marco Astegiano, Beatrice Principi, Renata D’Inca’, Roberto Testa, Daniela Valpiani, Luisa Guidi, Alessandro Armuzzi, Francesco Costa, Annalisa Aratari, Maurizio Vecchi, Roberto De Franchis, Vincenza Di Leo, Chiara Ricci, Gabriele Riegler, Elisabetta Colombo, Giuseppe Repaci, Pierenrico Lecis, Michele Silla, Stefano 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/