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Role of therapeutic plasma exchanges in systemic vasculitis

Alexis Régent1, Luc Mouthon1, Loïc Guillevin2

  • 1Service de Médecine interne, Centre de Référence Maladies auto-immunes et systémiques rares d'Ile de France, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 27 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, Paris, France; Université de Paris, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, LabEx INFLAMEX, F-75014, Paris, France.

Transfusion and Apheresis Science : Official Journal of the World Apheresis Association : Official Journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis
|November 11, 2020
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Keywords:
ANCA associated VaculitisAnti-GBM diseasePlasma exchange therapyPolyarteritis nodosa

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