[Therapeutic plasmapheresis in chronic diffuse diseases of the liver]

The results of the clinico-laboratory investigations conducted in time course have evidenced a high therapeutic effectiveness of plasmapheresis in the complex treatment of patients with chronic active hepatitis and biliary cirrhosis of the liver. Plasmapheresis use has been validated and indicated in patients with a manifest biliary component, a high degree of the process activity and ineffectiveness or low effectiveness of the previous treatment.