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Clinical improvement of a patient with severe Wilson's disease after a single session of therapeutic plasma exchange
Author(s) -
Hursitoglu Mehmet,
Kara Osman,
Cikrikcioglu Mehmet A.,
Celepkulu Tahsin,
Aydin Sengul,
Tukek Tufan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of clinical apheresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.697
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1098-1101
pISSN - 0733-2459
DOI - 10.1002/jca.20186
Subject(s) - medicine , therapeutic plasma exchange , session (web analytics) , intensive care medicine , plasmapheresis , surgery , immunology , world wide web , computer science , antibody
Here, we report a case of a 17‐year old female with Wilson's disease presenting with progressive Coombs' negative hemolytic anemia and hepatic cirrhosis who was treated with one session of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) and clinically improved. In clinical situations where multiple sessions of TPE may not be possible, the use of a single session of TPE in conjunction with conventional therapy may be of benefit in preventing further clinical deterioration. J. Clin. Apheresis, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.