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FDG‐PET Associations With Disease Severity and Outcomes in NMDA‐Receptor IgG Autoimmune Encephalitis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate (NMDA) receptor‐immunoglobulin G (IgG) autoimmune encephalitis (NMDAR‐IgG AE) demonstrate occipital lobe hypometabolism on baseline brain fluorodeoxyglucose‐positron emission tomography (bFDG‐PET).
Jonathan K. Lee, Jeffrey Lambe, Scott Johnson, Akua Abrah, Jennifer Bullen, Jeffrey A. Cohen, Tatchaporn Ongphichetmetha, Amy Kunchok   +7 more
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prlonged plasma exchange (PE) in the treatment of renal involvement in essential mixed cryoglobulinemia(EMC) [PDF]

, 1982
Four men and 2 women with Essential Mixed Cryoglobulinemia and a membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis were treated with prolonged Plasma Exchange without the addition of cytotoxic agents.
FOSELLA PV, MORICONI L., FERRI C, PALEOLOGO G, PASERO, GIAMPIERO, CAMICI, MARCELLO, BOMBARDIERI S, BIBOLOTTI E, PASERO G, BOMBARDIERI, STEFANO   +9 more
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A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of the Recurrence of Autoimmune Encephalitis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a disease with a potential for recurrence, and patients receive immunotherapy to prevent it. However, there is no consensus on the duration of immunotherapy. This study aimed to determine the recurrence rate and identify the risk factors for AE to provide guidance on the duration of immunotherapy ...
Shangkai Bai, Sen Zhang, Haipei Zhang, Yating Zhang, Junhong Guo, Xiaoyan Yang   +5 more
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The role of plasma exchange in HELLP syndrome [PDF]

, 2005
Plasma exchange therapy has been successfully used in selected patients with hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets (HELLP) syndrome who have organ failure or refractory to treatment.
Altuntas, Fevzi, Unal, A, Serin, Ibrahim Serdar, SARI, İSMAİL, Sungur, M, Guven, Muhammet, Sari, I, Cetin, M, Coskun, R, Eser, Bülent, Cetin, Mustafa, Sungur, Murat, Unal, Ali, Eser, B, Serin, IS   +14 more
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Life-threatening COVID-19 presenting as stroke with antiphospholipid antibodies and low ADAMTS-13 activity, and the role of therapeutic plasma exchange: A case series

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2020
We present a case series of three patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to our intensive care unit due to acute respiratory distress syndrome, brain infarction, pulmonary embolism, and antiphospholipid antibodies.
Abdulrahman Alharthy, Fahad Faqihi, Abdullah Balhamar, Ziad A Memish, Dimitrios Karakitsos   +4 more
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[18F]Fluorodeprenyl‐D2 PET as a Tool to Monitor Disease Activity in GAD65‐Ab Autoimmune Encephalitis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate [18F]fluorodeprenyl‐D2 ([18F]F‐DED) positron‐emission tomography (PET) imaging as a biomarker of disease activity in autoimmune encephalitis (AIE) associated with glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 (GAD65) antibodies. Methods [18F]F‐DED PET was performed in 25 GAD65‐AIE patients and 8 controls using dynamic (0–60 min) and ...
Julia S. Dorneich, Jonathan A. Gernert, Hanna Zimmermann, Lisa Tagnin, Marianthi Zeinaki, Laura Sanzo, Letizia Vogler, Elisabeth Kaufmann, Justina Dargvainiene, Frank Leypoldt, Gérard N. Bischof, Robert Perneczky, Boris‐Stephan Rauchmann, Simon Lindner, Günter U. Höglinger, Rudolf A. Werner, Martin Kerschensteiner, Tania Kümpfel, Matthias Brendel, Franziska S. Thaler   +19 more
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Decreasing frequency of plasma exchange complications in patients treated for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndrome, 1996 to 2011 [PDF]

, 2012
Plasma exchange (PEX) treatment for patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndrome (TTP-HUS) has risk for major ...
Som, Sumit, Deford, Cassandra C, George, James N, Vesely, Sara K, Kremer Hovinga, Johanna A, Terrell, Deirdra R, Lämmle, Bernhard, Kaiser, Mandi L   +7 more
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Prognostic parameters of pediatric acute liver failure and the role of plasma exchange

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2019
Background: This study investigated the prognostic parameters and beneficial effects of repeat plasma exchange in children with acute liver failure (ALF).
Mu-Ming Chien, Mei-Hwei Chang, Kai-Chi Chang, Fang-Ting Lu, Yu-Chun Chiu, Huey-Ling Chen, Yen-Hsuan Ni, Hong-Yuan Hsu, Jia-Feng Wu   +8 more
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Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Inebilizumab Versus Rituximab in AQP4‐IgG‐Positive NMOSD

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Rituximab (anti‐CD20, RTX) and inebilizumab (anti‐CD19, INE) represent B‐cell‐depleting therapies used for aquaporin‐4 antibody‐positive (AQP4‐IgG+) neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD); however, direct comparative evidence remains limited.
Jie Lin, Binbin Xue, Dewei Xie, Jia Li, Juyuan Pan, Lanbing Zhu, Qiaowen Tong, Jing Lin, Ruofan Zhu, Xu Zhang, Junhui Xia, Xiang Li   +11 more
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Single Donor Plasma in Therapeutic Plasma Exchange for Myasthenia Gravis [PDF]

, 1987
Thirty-seven myasthenic patients were treated with therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) on different performance schedules using either random or single donor plasma.
M. Marconi, R. Mantegazza, E. Bruzzone, G. Sirchia, B. Regi, V. Borroni, F. Cornelio, D. Peluchetti   +7 more
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