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Autoimmune encephalitis presenting as a psychiatric disorder: A diagnostic challenge

Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) manifests with various neurologic and psychiatric symptoms.   Case presentation: We present a case of a 39-year-old female, postpartum seven months, who presented with altered behaviour, visual hallucinations ...
P. Karunathilake, U. Ralapanawa, T. Jayalath, S. Abeygunawardena   +3 more
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Therapeutic plasma exchange in renal disorders

Indian Journal of Nephrology, 2019
Nephrologists use hemodialysis and hemofiltration to remove low molecular weight toxic constituents, and increasingly deploy therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE)/plasmapheresis to eliminate higher molecular weight substances such as immunoglobulins or immune complexes from plasma.
Ranganathan, D, John, GT
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Therapeutic efficacy of plasma exchange in neuromyelitis optica

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2018
Background: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease that selectively affects the optic nerves and spinal cord and generally follows a relapsing course. Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) appears to be effective in patients with
Rajesh Kumar, Birinder Singh Paul, Gagandeep Singh, Amarjit Kaur   +3 more
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Should We Still Use Therapeutic Plasma Exchange for Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis in ANCA Associated Vasculitis?

Kidney and Dialysis, 2022
For over thirty-five years, available data suggested that therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) was a useful treatment for patients with Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) associated with ANCA Associated Vasculitis (AAV) and elevated creatinine ...
Andre A. Kaplan, Wladimir M. Szpirt
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A Case Report on the Successful Management of Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Multidisciplinary Approach

Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is a multi-organ systemic thrombotic condition precipitated due to various secondary conditions such as infection, surgery, and estrogen use.
Pragya Silwal, Aseem Kumar Tiwari, Geet Aggarwal, Chitra Mehta, Yatin Mehta   +4 more
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The Role of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)

Children, 2021
Multisystemic inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a new potentially life-threatening disease that is related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Gurkan Atay, Canan Hasbal, Mücahit Türk, Seher Erdoğan, Betül Sözeri   +4 more
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Therapeutic plasma exchange in neurology: 2012 [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Apheresis, 2013
In treating neuroimmunological diseases, neurologists have a number of different drugs to choose from ranging from corticosteroids to IVIg to more specific cell based therapies, the latter most frequently from the world of oncology. In some diseases, therapeutic plasma exchange, a procedure rather than a drug, is used.
Irene Cortese, David R. Cornblath
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Severe hypertriglyceridemia with recurrent pancreatitis treated with therapeutic plasma exchange

Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences, 2021
Severe hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and acute pancreatitis. We report the case of a 34-year-old female admitted with complaints of recurrent pancreatitis and triglyceride (TG) levels above 995 ...
Anshul Kumar Jain, Neha Bedi, Anurag Garg   +2 more
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Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) as an effective supportive therapy for COVID-19 case with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and thrombophilia: A Case Report

JKKI (Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Indonesia), 2021
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) has rapidly spread and caused a high number of mortalities. To this day, effective therapy to cure this virus is yet to be found. A number of treatments were tested; however, the result is not satisfactory.
Reviono Reviono, Arifin Arifin
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Vincristine as an Adjunct to Therapeutic Plasma Exchange for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Single-Institution Experience

Balkan Medical Journal, 2018
Background: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura is a potentially life-threatening condition. Although the introduction of therapeutic plasma exchange has reduced mortality rates from over 90% to 10%-20%, approximately 40% of patients relapse, and ...
Seniz Öngören, Ayşe Salihoğlu, Tuğçe Apaydın, Sevil Sadri, Ahmet Emre Eşkazan, Muhlis Cem Ar, Tuğrul Elverdi, Zafer Başlar, Yıldız Aydın, Teoman Soysal   +9 more
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