title: Immunoadsorption for coagulation factor inhibitors: a retrospective critical appraisal of 10 consecutive cases from a single institution.
abstract: Immunoadsorption is occasionally used as an adjuvant measure in the treatment of subjects with coagulation factor inhibitors. We reviewed our recent 3-year period experience with this procedure in 10 subjects. Immunoadsorption was used in the context of an immune tolerance protocol for 3 subjects with severe congenital deficiency in factor VIII, IX, and XIII; it was effective in lowering the level of inhibitor but immune tolerance was not achieved. It allowed successful use of porcine factor VIII in 4 cases of acquired hemophilia and in one case of inhibitor in mild hemophilia A. This therapeutic approach seems to be more useful in acquired hemophilia than in severe congenital factor deficiencies with inhibitors.
authors.affiliation: Centre de référence québécois pour les sujets avec inhibiteurs. rivardge@medclin.umontreal.ca
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Rivard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: St Louis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lacroix
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Champagne
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rock
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019774:Blood Coagulation Factor Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005164:Factor IX / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005169:Factor VIII / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015942:Factor VIIa / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005177:Factor XIII Deficiency / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000628:therapy*; D002836:Hemophilia B / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007163:Immunosorbent Techniques; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D019774:Blood Coagulation Factor Inhibitors; D005169:Factor VIII; D005164:Factor IX; D015942:Factor VIIa