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Successful remission of ulcerative colitis flare-up during pregnancy with adsorptive granulomonocytapheresis plus tacrolimus

Tomoyoshi Shibuya 1Keiichi Haga 1Masato Kamei 1Koki Okahara 1Shoko Ito 1Masahito Takahashi 1Osamu Nomura 1Takashi Murakami 1Masae Makino 1Tomohiro Kodani 1Dai Ishikawa 1Naoto Sakamoto 1Taro Osada 1Tatsuo Ogihara 1Sumio Watanabe 1Akihito Nagahara 1 , Intest Res. 2018 Jul;16(3):484-488.

Our experience indicates that GMA, as a non-drug therapeutic intervention with a favorable safety profile, plus tacrolimus might be a relevant treatment option for patients with active IBD during pregnancy. A future study of a large cohort of pregnant patients should strengthen our findings.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30090048/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6077305/pdf/ir-16-484.pdf

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