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Plasma exchanges in psoriasis
Author(s) -
GUILLOT B.,
GUILHOU J.J.,
DONADIO D.,
MEYNADIER J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1984.tb00753.x
Subject(s) - psoriasis , medicine , dermatology
Summary Five patients with resistant psoriasis were treated with plasma exchanges performed ten times over a 4‐week period. Improvement was noted after three exchanges in all five. One patient with erythrodermic psoriasis became paler but relapsed 2 days after treatment. Improvement in four patients was of short duration with relapses occurring in 2 to 4 weeks. Circulating immune complexes were elevated before treatment and fell after each exchange by 20 to 70% of the former values.