[Plasmapheresis in neuromuscular diseases. Personal cases].
The authors used plasmapheresis to treat 8 patients with myasthenia gravis and 26 with polyradiculoneuropathy. In myasthenia the treatment was effective in 85% of the cases, as reported in other studies. Good results occurred in some 80% of the cases with acute and relapsing polyradiculoneuropathy. In all cases plasma-exchange was started in the early stage. In chronic polyradiculoneuropathy the treatment was less effective. The authors discuss the advantages, disadvantages and prospects of this kind of therapy.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000628:therapy*; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000628:therapy*
La plasmaferesi nelle malattie neuromuscolari. Casistica personale.