Table 1.

Ulcerative colitis patient’s data

	1	2	3	4
Age (yr)	37	42	38	36
Sex	Male	Female	Female	Male
Disease’ location	Left side	Extensive colitis	Left side	Left side
Disease activity	Moderate-severe	Severe	Severe	Severe
Time from diagnosis (yr)	2	10	8	22
Truelove index	13	17	14	15
Previous therapy	Corticosteroids azathioprine	Corticosteroids azathioprine	Corticosteroids azathioprine	Corticosteroids azathioprine
Indication for GMA-apheresis	Steroid-dependent disease	Steroid-dependent disease	Steroid-dependent disease	Steroid-dependent disease
Cycles of GMA-apheresis	10	5	7	5
Response to GMA-apheresis	Remission	Response	Failure	Remission
Truelove index (after therapy)	10	10	16	9
Endoscopy	No inflammation	No inflammation	Bleeding ulcers	No inflammation
Recurrences	At 6 mo	At 6 mo		Non

GMA: Granuocyte/monocyte apheresis.