Mucosal healing in patients with ulcerat
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Takayuki Yamamoto; Satoru Umegae; Koichi Matsumoto
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Background: During active ulcerative colitis (UC), vast numbers of granulocytes, monocytes/macrophages (GM) infiltrate the mucosal tissue and can potentially exacerbate inflammation and injury. Accordingly, we were interested to see if selective depletion of GM by adsorption (GMA) impacts mucosal he