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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-3-31
pubmed:abstractText
Patients with severe multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses which do not respond sufficiently to corticosteroids can undergo escalating immunotherapy with plasma exchange. We review the course of 14 apheresis cycles in 13 adult patients and three pediatric cases from our center between 2004 and 2005. Nine cases were due to optic neuritis, five had experienced clinically isolated syndromes, and two suffered from Devic's disease. Of the adult patients, 71% had good or very good outcome. The mean time point of improvement was after the third plasmapheresis session, and early initiation of plasma exchange therapy (within 1 month after begin of relapse) was associated with better outcome. In pediatric MS, two of three patients showed clear improvement. These data argue for a very good therapeutic effect of plasma exchange if performed early and with adequate indication.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0028-2804
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
430-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Activities of Daily Living, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Anti-Inflammatory Agents, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Child, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Immunosuppressive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Methylprednisolone, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Multiple Sclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Neurologic Examination, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Neuromyelitis Optica, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Plasma Exchange, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Recurrence, pubmed-meshheading:16341736-Retrospective Studies
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
[Plasma exchange therapy for steroid-unresponsive multiple sclerosis relapses: clinical experience with 16 patients].
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Multiple-Sklerose-Forschung, Bereich Humanmedizin der Universität Göttingen und Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract