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Neurologic indications for therapeutic plasma exchange: 2011 update
Author(s) -
Gwathmey Kelly,
Balogun Rasheed A.,
Burns Ted
Publication year - 2012
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.21219
Subject(s) - therapeutic plasma exchange , medicine , intensive care medicine , surgery
Neurologists commonly use therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) to treat a number of conditions. This concise review examines the most common neurologic indications for TPE. It focuses on Guillain‐Barre' syndrome and myasthenia gravis and also the role of TPE in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Lambert–Eaton syndrome, multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, paraproteinemic polyneuropathy, Sydenham's chorea, and natalizumab‐associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). As with any treatment, the proven efficacy, cost, side effects, and availability must be considered before initiation of therapy. J. Clin. Apheresis, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.