## Abstract **Background**: Leukocytapheresis (LCAP) is used as an adjunct therapy for patients with active ulcerative colitis (UC). Although, LCAP is routinely performed at 3,000 mL per session, we were interested to see that if this can be replaced with bodyweight (BW) adjusted volume. **Methods*
The efficacy and safety of selective leukocytapheresis in the treatment of ulcerative colitis: a meta-analysis
β Scribed by Mingming Zhu; Xitao Xu; Fang Nie; Jinlu Tong; Shudong Xiao; Zhihua Ran
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 259 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-1958
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