Plasma exchange in myasthenia gravis: clinical effect
- 29 January 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 72 (5) , 464-468
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0404.1985.tb00902.x
Abstract
Seventeen patients suffering from myasthenia gravis were treated with plasma exchange. Serious complications were not encountered. The effect usually appeared on the second or the third day of treatment. In 12 patients with a total of 31 plasma exchange courses, the treatment resulted in a shift in Osserman group. Six of these had long-standing remissions. Three patients responded moderately and two patients did not respond to plasma exchange.Keywords
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