Therapeutic effect of intensive granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis combined with thiopurines for steroid- and biologics-naïve Japanese patients with early-diagnosed Crohn’s disease

Table 1 Clinical parameters of patients with early-diagnosed Crohn’s disease treated by intensive granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis combined with thiopurines therapy

Number of patients is shown for sex, disease location, disease behavior, perianal disease and previous treatment. Data are presented as mean ± SE for age, disease duration, CDAI, SES-CD, and CRP. 5-ASA 5-aminosalicylate; CDAI, Crohn’s disease activity index; SES-CD, Simple endoscopic score of Crohn’s disease. Values in parenthesis on vertical line are percentages of all 22 patients with early-diagnosed CD.

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