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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2005; 11(20): 3085-3090
Published online May 28, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i20.3085
Decrease of reactive-oxygen-producing granulocytes and release of IL-10 into the peripheral blood following leukocytapheresis in patients with active ulcerative colitis
Hiroyuki Hanai, Takayuki Iida, Ken Takeuchi, Fumitoshi Watanabe, Yasuhiko Maruyama, Masataka Kikuyama, Tatsuo Tanaka, Kenji Kondo, Kou Tanaka, Kenji Takai
Hiroyuki Hanai, Takayuki Iida, Ken Takeuchi, Tatsuo Tanaka, Kenji Kondo, Department of Endoscopic and Photodynamic Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
Fumitoshi Watanabe, Yasuhiko Maruyama, Department of Gastroenterology, Fujieda Municipal General Hospital, Fujieda, Japan
Masataka Kikuyama, Department of Gastroenterology, Hamamatsu Rosai Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan
Kou Tanaka, Tanaka Clinic, Shizuoka, Japan
Kenji Takai, SRL Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Dr. Hiroyuki Hanai, MD, Department of Endoscopic and Photodynamic Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan. flw-1013@topaz.plala.or.jp
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Received: November 17, 2004
Revised: November 18, 2004
Accepted: December 23, 2004
Published online: May 28, 2005
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