title: [Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura successfully treated with plasma exchange].
abstract: This study is a presentation of a case of a 43 year old woman suffering from thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, the clinical course of which was complicated and in which no improvement was observed after fresh frozen plasma transfusions and treatment with steroids. The complete clinical and haematological remission was obtained only after intensive plasma exchange by therapeutical plasmapheresis.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Hematologii Instytutu Medycyny, Wewnetrznej Akademii Medycznej w Lodzi.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Smolewski
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chojnowski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Filutowicz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Krykowski
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Robak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dubla-Berner
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pruszczyński
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010951:Plasma Exchange; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D011697:Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic / Q000628:therapy*; D012074:Remission Induction