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Naoaki DAN, Mamoru WATANABE, Masaki KITAJIMA
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Takayuki MATSUMOTO, Nobuhide OSHITANI, Tetsuo ARAKAWA
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Seiichi HIROTA
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Hiroyuki HANAI, Koutarou TOZAWA, Ken TAKEUCHI, Takayuki IIDA, Hajime A ...
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Aims : To assess the clinical significance of faecal calprotectin levels (a neutrophil protein) in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). Methods : 25 patients with UC provided stool samples for calprotectin assay and the amount of calprotectin was related to UC disease activity index in each patient. Of 25 patients 4 with prednisolone refractory UC received 10 granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis (GMCAP) sessions of 60 minutes duration, flow rate 30mL per minute for 10 consecutive weeks. Results : Calprotectin level in consecutive faecal samples from three patients was stable. However, increased calprotectin levels were significantly (p<0.005) associated with Matts' s endoscopic index, reflecting the level of colorectal inflammation. The 4 patients who received GMCAP therapy had a clinical activity index < 2 at week 7, the calprotectin level declined with improving Matts' index. Conclusions : Assay of faecal calprotectin holds promise as a sensitive biomarker to identify colorectal inflammation.
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Chiaki OKUSE, Hiroshi YOTSUYANAGI, Yasuhito TAKAHASHI, Takeshi HAYASHI ...
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Hiroyuki FURUSHIMA, Sai ODA, Hiroyuki KIJIMA, Syunichi SAKABE, Junko M ...
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Kyoko FUJII, Shiro NAKAMURA, Junichi HARA, Daichi KAWASHIMA, Makoto IN ...
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Takaaki SUGIKI, Takashi HATORI, Ken TAKASAKI, Katsumi YOSHIDA
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Kayoko TANIKAWA, Mie SHINOHARA, Koichi SHIN, Takashi IKEHARA, Soichiro ...
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Yasuhiro UMEKAWA, Chiharu NISHISHITA, Eisuke OKAMOTO, Toshihiko OKUYAM ...
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Masatsugu NUMATA, Yukiko MATSUMOTO, Toshimasa OCHIAI, Hitoshi MATSUOKA ...
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Yasuhito SHIMIZU, Jun MATUMOTO, Kijyuro TAKANISHI, Taiichi OTANI, Tats ...
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Noriyuki HORIKI, Masataka MARUYAMA, Yoshiyuki FUJITA, Yuko SUZUKI, Tsu ...
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Tsuyoshi RAI, Jun TOJO, Hiromasa OHIRA, Junko TAKIGUTI, Kennya WATANAB ...
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