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Intensive GMA is more efficacious than weekly GMA for the treatment of ulcerative colitis

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Intensive treatment with granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis (GMA) is more efficacious for ulcerative colitis than routine weekly GMA treatment, according to the results of a new study from Japan.

GMA selectively depletes granulocytes and monocytes from peripheral blood. This reduction in the number of granulocytes and monocytes reduces inflammation and induces remission in patients with ulcerative colitis.

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  1. Sakuraba, A. et al. An open-label prospective randomized multicenter study shows very rapid remission of ulcerative colitis by intensive granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis as compared with routine weekly treatment. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 104, 2990–2995 (2009)

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Franks, I. Intensive GMA is more efficacious than weekly GMA for the treatment of ulcerative colitis. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 7, 70 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2009.239

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