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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 21, 2007; 13(15): 2193-2197
Published online Apr 21, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i15.2193
Evaluation of 5 versus 10 granulocyteaphaeresis sessions in steroid-dependent ulcerative colitis: A pilot, prospective, multicenter, randomized study
Elena Ricart, Maria Esteve, Montserrat Andreu, Francesc Casellas, David Monfort, Miquel Sans, Natalia Oudovenko, Raúl Lafuente, Julián Panés
Elena Ricart, David Monfort, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Maria Esteve, Hospital Mútua de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain
Montserrat Andreu, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Francesc Casellas, Hospital de la Vall d’Hebró, Barcelona, Spain
Miquel Sans, Julián Panés, Hospital Clínic, CIBER-EHD, Barcelona, Spain
Natalia Oudovenko, Raúl Lafuente, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Spain
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by Otsuka Pharmaceutical
Correspondence to: Elena Ricart, MD, PhD, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, C/Villarroel 170, 08036-Barcelona, Spain. ericart@clinic.ub.es
Telephone: +34-93-2275418 Fax: +34-93-2279387
Received: January 29, 2007
Revised: March 3, 2007
Accepted: March 22, 2007
Published online: April 21, 2007
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