Kenichi Namba ¹, Koh-Hei Sonoda, Hirokuni Kitamei, Kenji Shiratori, Akiko Ariyama, Kazuya Iwabuchi, Kazunori Onoé, Abby R Saniabadi, Shoichi Inaba, Tatsuro Ishibashi, Shigeaki Ohno, J Clin Apher. 2006 Jul;21(2):121-8

We conclude that granulocytapheresis might be effective and safe for patients with refractory ocular BD. Further studies are necessary to fully evaluate the clinical efficacy of granulocytapheresis for BD.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16395727/

Koh-Hei Sonoda ¹, Shoich Inaba, Akiko Ariyama, Yoh-Ich Kawano, Abby Saniabadi, Tatsuro Ishibashi, Arch Ophthalmol. 2005 Feb;123(2):267-9.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15710830/

Takuro Kanekura ¹, Akira Gushi, Masahiro Iwata, Seita Fukumaru, Ryoko Sakamoto, Koichi Kawahara, Ikuro Maruyama, Tamotsu Kanzaki

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2004 Aug;51(2 Suppl):S83-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2003.12.023.

The painful orogenital ulcerations of Behçet’s disease are among the major symptoms of patients and are often intractable. We assessed the efficacy of granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis therapy in two patients, a 21-year-old man with orogenital ulcerations and a 50-year-old woman with genital ulceration and abdominal pain. They underwent 5 and 8 granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis treatments at 5-day intervals, respectively. The painful orogenital ulcerations of the man responded dramatically and the genital ulcer of the woman decreased in size and her abdominal pain was improved. Our results demonstrate that granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis may be useful for treating orogenital ulcerations of Behçet’s disease.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15280820/