[Therapeutic plasma exchange 1996].
Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is an extracorporeal blood purification technique to remove large molecular weight substances. Since the late seventies TPE was used in a variety of diseases in which humoral factors may play a part in the pathogenesis. Today, accepted indications only exist for a few entities in defined situations: Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody mediated disease, TTP/HUS, Guillain-Barré-syndrome, hyperviscosity syndrome, chronic polyneuropathy associated with IgG and IgA gammopathy, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and myasthenia gravis.
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Medizinische Klinik IV, Universitätskliniken Homburg/Saar.
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D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D010265:Paraproteinemias / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D010951:Plasma Exchange / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D001323:Autoantibodies