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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL APHERESIS
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 3-10Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/jca.21257
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therapeutic plasma exchange; plasmapheresis; apheresis
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Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is an extracorporeal blood purification technique designed for the removal of large molecular weight substances. Examples of these substances include pathogenic autoantibodies, immune complexes, cryoglobulins, myeloma light chains, endotoxin and cholesterol containing lipoproteins. The basic premise of the treatment is that removal of these substances will allow for the reversal of the pathologic processes related to their presence. This review will cover the techniques for performing TPE, the kinetics of the removal of large molecules from the plasma and the benefits and risks of the different types of replacement fluids. J. Clin. Apheresis 28:310, 2013. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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