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Methods for Quantitative Detection of Antibody-induced Complement Activation on Red Blood Cells
Published on: January 29, 2014
[Protein A immunoadsorption treatment of patients with refractory autoimmune thrombopenia]
N Petersen1, K Bremer, D Hammad-Zulfughari
1Institut für Blutspendewesen, Städtische Kliniken Dortmund, Deutschland.
Abstract:
Eight patients with chronic immunothrombocytopenia (ITP) who had failed at least one alternative therapy were treated with extracorporeal immunoadsorption. Two of the 8 patients responded to the treatment with a stable increase in platelet counts, but both of them had to be continuously treated with corticosteroids. Side effects of the treatment with extracorporeal immunoadsorption were musculoskeletal pain, nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, purpura, fatigue, and others.
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