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Apheresis for lupus erythematosus: state of the artCedars-Sinai/UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA; 8737 Beverly Blvd, Suite 203, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USAdwallace{at}ucla.edu PP is a safe, expensive, labor-intensive procedure. Its absolute SLE indications include hyperviscosity, cryoglobulinemia, pulmonary hemorrhage and TTP. PP may be useful in cyclophosphamide-resistant, serious, organ-threatening disease. It may be potentially useful in the antiphospholipid syndrome or mothers or children at risk for congenital heart block. Refinements in apheresis technology may expand the indications for PP.
Key Words: plasmapheresis
Lupus, Vol. 10, No. 3,
193-196 (2001) This article has been cited by other articles:
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