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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Twenty-four-week follow-up examination of a leukocytapheresis therapy in rheumatoid arthritis

Yasumori IzumiFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biochemical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Masahiro TominagaDepartment of Nephrology, Nijigaoka Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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Nozomi IwanagaFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biochemical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Mingguo HuangFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biochemical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Fumiko TanakaFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biochemical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Kouichiro AratakeFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biochemical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Kazuhiko ArimaFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biochemical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Mami TamaiFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biochemical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Makoto KamachiFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biochemical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Hideki NakamuraFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biochemical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Hiroaki IdaFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biochemical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Tomoki OriguchiNagasaki University School of Health Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Atsushi KawakamiFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biochemical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Katsumi EguchiFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biochemical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 20-23 | Received 06 Sep 2005, Accepted 30 Nov 2005, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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