Plasmapheresis in treatment of rheumatic fever.
1. Three cases of rheumatic fever were treated with plasmapheresis. Improvement of abnormal clinical and laboratory findings of the patients was obtained by this procedure. 2. High levels of immune complexes, observed in the sera of patients with rheumatic fever, reduced markedly following plasmapheresis.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D012213:Rheumatic Fever / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*
D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex