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Severe alcoholic hepatitis with extremely high neutrophil count successfully treated by granulocytapheresis

Kentaro Okubo 1, Kaname Yoshizawa, Wataru Okiyama, Kayoko Kontani, Hidetomo Muto, Takeji Umemura, Tetsuya Ichijo, Akihiko Matsumoto, Eiji Tanaka, Kazuhiko Hora, Sigetaka Shimodaira, Kendo Kiyosawa, Intern Med. 2006;45(3):155-8.

We could conclude that granulocytapheresis and ulinastatin can be very effective in reducing cytokines and neutrophil-elastase, and in improving the general status of SAH patients.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16508230/

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