Purpose: to evaluate the effectiveness of plasmapheresis as a method for preventing and treating the graft rejection reaction in corneal transplantation.Patients and methods.
S. N. Sakhnov +3 more
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Serum Free Light Chains Removal by HFR Hemodiafiltration in Patients with Multiple Myeloma and Acute Kidney Injury. a Case Series [PDF]
Background/Aims: Multiple myeloma (MM) represents 10% of all haematologic malignancies. Renal involvement occurs in 50% of MM patients; of them, 12-20% have acute kidney injury (AKI), with 10% needing dialysis at presentation. While hemodialysis (HD) has
Antolino, Giusy +7 more
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Peran Plasmafaresis pada Terapi Pasien Sepsis dengan Myasthenia Gravis
Pendahuluan : Plasmapheresis berpotensi untuk menghilangkan mediator berbahaya atau beracun dari sirkulasi . Plasmapheresis telah menunjukkan peningkatan keluaran yang bermakna pada penyakit autoimun .
Ahmad Imron +2 more
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Preventive plasmapheresis for rituximab related flare in cryoglobulinemic vasculitis
Introduction: Rituximab monotherapy represents the main therapeutic option for cryoglobulinemic vasculitis (CV) with severe organ involvement. However, initial worsening of the CV, known as rituximab-associated CV flare (=CV flare), has been described ...
Léa Fornero +9 more
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Non-invasive monitoring of renal transplant recipients: Urinary excretion of soluble adhesion molecules and of the complement-split product C4d [PDF]
Background: The number of inducible adhesion molecules known to be involved in cell-mediated allograft rejection is still increasing. In addition, recent data describe complement activation during acute humoral allograft rejection.
Friedrich, N. +5 more
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The role of the isoagglutinin (IA) titer in liver transplantation (LT) is still not well defined, but the general belief is that a higher titer may result in a higher risk of rejection in ABO-incompatible living donor LT.
Boram Lee +5 more
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The Use of Plasmapheresis in Treatment of Patients with Infertility, Peritoneal Endometriosis and Nat2 Gene Polymorphism [PDF]
It is known that 30–40 % of patients with peritoneal endometriosis suffer from infertility. Half of the patients with endometriosis are identified point mutation in NAT2 – gene, which plays an important role in the acetylation of aromatic and ...
Dubinskaya, E. (Ekaterina) +2 more
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Plasmapheresis for Spur Cell Anemia in a Patient with Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis
Background. Spur cell anemia (SCA) is a cause of hemolytic anemia in patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis. Because dyslipidemia is related to the development of spur cells, SCA was previously treated with plasmapheresis. Case Report.
Kenji Miki +2 more
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Rituximab induced pulmonary edema managed with extracorporeal life support [PDF]
Though rare, rituximab has been reported to induce severe pulmonary edema. We describe the first report of ECLS utilization for this indication. A 31-year-old female with severe thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura developed florid pulmonary edema after ...
Aguilar, Patrick +6 more
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Plasmapheresis in the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia [PDF]
The authors present the case of a 38-year-old woman with severe hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute recurrent pancreatitis (triglyceride 16 761 mg/dl, 189.4 mmol/l). According to the knowledge of the authors, such a high triglyceride has not been previously reported in Hungarian and international scientific literature.
Eldin_Mohamed Gamal +6 more
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