Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory condition, the etiology of which is not well
understood. Recent reports indicate a major role of granulocytes in the pathogenesis of RA; …

To study the clinical efficacy of granulocytes obtained by filtration leukapheresis, patients
with clinically evident infection and granulocyte counts of< 500 per cubic millimeter were …

The relationship between joint fluid leukocytosis and some clinical and laboratory
parameters (disease duration, ESR, maximal titres of rheumatoid factor and of antinuclear …

A total of 201 leukaphereses have been performed on 73 donors to collect granulocytes for
transfusion to infected leukopenic recipients. The pretreatment of the donor with …

Cytapheresis therapy has recently been investigated as a treatment for several diseases,
especially autoimmune related diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus …

Both inflammatory bowel diseases and collagen vascular diseases are chronic inflammatory
disorders, whose pathogeneses are considered to be associated with their underlying …

The availability of platelet transfusion support to patients with bone marrow failure (such as
aplastic anemia, or malignancy undergoing chemotherapy), has reduced the incidence of …

A new method called" repetitive filtration leukopheresis" is described for granulocyte
transfusion therapy. 23 patients received a total of 91 transfusions. All patients presented …

抄録 We have many procedures of an apheresis therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA);
plasma exchange, double filtration plasmapheresis, cryofiltration plasmapheresis …

A patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was treated by ambulant lymphocytapheresis once
a month over a period of 2 years and 8 months. The cytoreductive effect resulted in a …