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The impact of educating blood donors on plasmapheresis and plasma applications on the availability of plasma-derived medicinal products

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023
Introduction: Human plasma contains valuable proteins such as albumin, globulins and coagulation factors. These ingredients are used to obtain medicinal products (PDMPs - plasma-derived medicinal products) used in many fields of medicine.
Jakub Sutkowski, Ewelina Wilczewska, Kamila Matyka, Anna Słowiaczek, Alicja Baranowska, Marcin Wojnar, Aleksandra Matyszewska   +6 more
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Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Refractory to Plasmapheresis and Rituximab despite GM-CSF Antibody Reduction

Case Reports in Immunology, 2022
We share our experience of a patient with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis who was refractory to plasmapheresis and rituximab despite a significant reduction in the offending antibody. He presented with shortness of breath, fevers, chills, and sweats for 4
Aysenur Keske, Eric M. Destrampe, Byron Barksdale, William N. Rose   +3 more
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UK experience of liver transplantation for erythropoietic protoporphyria [PDF]

, 2011
Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is characterised by excess production of free protoporphyrin from the bone marrow, most commonly due to deficiency of the enzyme ferrochelatase.
A Dobozy, A Fontanellas, A Herbert, AK Seth, AV Anstey, BM McGuire, Briget K. Gunson, D Samuel, DA Spiva, Darius F. Mirza, DJ Todd, DL Avner, DL Avner, EB Rand, ES Dellon, GH Elder, HJ Wijk van, J Neuberger, JH Meulen van der, JH Reichheld, Joanna K. Dowman, KD Do, KO Morton, L Meerman, MI Leonardi, Mike N. Badminton, MO Doss, Philip N. Newsome, QG Eichbaum, RB Freeman Jr, S Wahlin, S Wahlin, SA Holme, SD Whatley, TH Welling   +34 more
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Development of recurrent facial palsy during plasmapheresis in Guillain-Barré syndrome: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010
Introduction Guillain-Barré syndrome is an immune-mediated polyneuropathy that is routinely initially treated with either intravenous immunoglobulin or plasmapheresis.
Weimer Louis H, Stevenson Mary L, Bogorad Ilya V   +2 more
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Eluate derived by extracorporal antibody-based immunoadsorption elevates the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration in podocytes via B-2 kinin receptors [PDF]

, 2002
Background/Aim: Patients with idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) often develop a recurrence of the disease after kidney transplantation.
Fink, E., Fischer, K. G., Henger, A., Huber, T. B., Pavenstadt, H., Rump, L. C., Schwertfeger, E.   +6 more
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Lower Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Is Associated With Intensive Care Unit Admission at Initial Presentation in Children With Acute Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Lower socioeconomic status (SES) and minority race and ethnicity are associated with lower overall survival in pediatric leukemia. Higher acuity at initial presentation is associated with mortality during induction chemotherapy. We hypothesized that the mechanism underlying these associations is differences in access to healthcare ...
Chynna M. Swift, Earl Chism, Katherine Lin, Aly Cortella, Tanushree Banerjee, Jacklyn Sanchez Alvarez, Lena E. Winestone   +6 more
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Management and long-term outcome of recurrent idiopathic FSGS in pediatric kidney transplant recipients

Scientific Reports
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a major cause of pediatric kidney failure. Most cases of FSGS in children are idiopathic and have a high risk of post-transplantation recurrence and graft loss.
Moran Plonsky-Toder, Shirley Pollack, Rami Tibi, Irina Libinson-Zebegret, Renata Yaakobov, Israel Eisenstein, Daniella Magen   +6 more
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Plasmapheresis for Fulminant Wilson’s Disease Improves Mental Status and Coagulopathy

Case Reports in Hepatology, 2023
Wilson’s disease is a rare genetic condition that affects copper metabolism, resulting in tissue copper accumulation and resultant organ damage. We report a case of a young woman who presents with Wilson’s disease complicated by hemolysis, impaired ...
Quarshie Glover, William Nicholas Rose
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Can plasma exchange therapy induce regulatory T lymphocytes in multiple sclerosis patients? [PDF]

, 2012
Plasma exchange is used increasingly as an individual therapeutic decision for treating of severe, steroid-resistant relapses of multiple sclerosis (MS).
Gharagozloo, M., Jamshidian, A.
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Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn: Fetal RHD Genotyping, Targeted Prophylaxis, and Prenatal Therapies

Prenatal Diagnosis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) remains a significant concern in prenatal care primarily caused by maternal alloimmunization against fetal red blood cell antigens, most commonly the D antigen. Noninvasive fetal RHD genotyping, used as a screening tool, enables targeted antenatal prophylaxis and has been implemented in several
Emilie Thorup, Steffen Thorsen, Morten Hanefeld Dziegiel, Olav Bjørn Petersen, Frederik Banch Clausen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source