plasma exchange therapy

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Etymology: Gk, plassein, to mold; L, ex + cambire, to change; Gk, therapeia, treatment

a method of treating certain diseases by removing a part of plasma from the blood supply of a patient and replacing it with plasma from a disease-free person.

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No references found			The MS Lesion Project's discovery MS Lesion Project investigators have published findings showing that people with a specific pattern of tissue damage responded to plasma exchange therapy while others did not. Is MS more than one disease? by Inside MS Prompt institution of plasma exchange therapy is critical in management of TTP. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura without schistocytes on the ... by Bastani, Bahar / Southern Medical Journal This trial will also assess the safety of ARC1779 in critically ill patients with acute TTP, and it will teach us how to optimize the regimen for administration of ARC1779 in such patients who are undergoing plasma exchange therapy, the current mainstay of treatment for TTP. Archemix Announces Initiation of Phase 2 Trial for Aptamer Product ... by Business Wire			plantar quadrate muscle plantar reflex plantar wart plantaris plantas medicinales plantation flies plantation walk plantigrade planula planum plaque Plaquenil Plaquenil Sulfate plaques plasm plasm- plasma plasma accelerator globulin plasma cell plasma cell dyscrasia plasma cell leukemia plasma cell mastitis plasma cell myeloma plasma cell tumor Plasma cells plasma exchange therapy plasma expander plasma fatty acid profile plasma fibronectin plasma membrane plasma protein plasma protein fraction plasma refilling rate plasma renin activity plasma renin assay plasma thromboplastin antecedent plasma thromboplastin component deficiency plasma volume plasma volume extender plasma- plasmablast plasmacrit plasmacrit test plasmacyte plasmacytic plasmacytic-lymphocytic plasmacytoma plasmacytosis plasmagel plasmagene plasmalemma			Plasma display panel Plasma display panel Plasma display screen Plasma displays Plasma Dopamine-Beta-Hydroxylase Plasma Doping Plasma Doping Users Group Plasma Drilling Plasma Electrode Pockels Cell Plasma Electron and Current Experiment Plasma Emission Spectrometry Plasma Endorphin-Like Activity plasma engine plasma engine Plasma Enhanced CVD Plasma Enhanced Reactive Ion Etch Plasma Enhanced Tetraethylorthosilicate Plasma Epinephrine Fractional Extraction Plasma Essential Amino Acid Plasma etch Plasma Etch and Strip in Microelectronics Plasma Etch Users Group Plasma etching Plasma exchange Plasma exchange Plasma exchange Plasma exchange Plasma exchange Plasma exchange Plasma Exchange or Whole Blood Exchange plasma exchange therapy plasma expander plasma expanders plasma expanders plasma expanders Plasma Experiment for Planetary Exploration Plasma Factor 4 plasma fatty acid profile plasma fibronectin Plasma Flood Gun Plasma Fluid Finite Difference Time Domain Plasma Focus Device Plasma Frag Rocket Plasma Free Amino Acid Plasma frequency Plasma Furnace Plasma Gasification Melting Technology plasma generator Plasma glucose Plasma glucose Plasma glucose Plasma glucose Plasma Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase Plasma Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase Plasma Group I Plasma gun Plasma gun Plasma Gun, Man-Portable Plasma Hyaluronan-Binding Protein Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation and Deposition Plasma Immersion Ion Implanter

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