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plasmapheresis

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plasmapheresis, see apheresis apheresis , or hemapheresis , any procedure in which blood is drawn from a donor or patient and a component (platelets, plasma, or white blood cells) is separated out, the remaining blood components being returned to the body.
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plasmapheresis [¦plaz·mə·fə′rē·səs]
(medicine)
The withdrawal of blood from a donor to obtain plasma, its components, or the nonerythrocytic formed elements of blood, followed by the return of the erythrocytes to the donor.


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Asahi Kasei Kuraray Medical is the world's leading producer of devices and systems for therapeutic apheresis, including the Plasmaflo hollow-fiber separator for plasmapheresis and the Immusorba plasma component absorption column, utilizing its leading technologies of membrane separation and selective absorption.
Mild forms of pretibial myxoedema may regress spontaneously, but the rare, severe elephantiasic variant is often resistant to different therapeutic approaches including local and systemic corticosteroids, compression, plasmapheresis, and immunosuppressive agents (Felton et al 2003, Srebrnik et al 1992, Schwartz et al 2002).
Our findings in this animal model support and may explain results of Swedo and colleagues in treating children with PANDAS using plasmapheresis or intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg).
 
 
 
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