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[Plasmapheresis in neuromuscular diseases. Personal cases].

R Affuso, D Dimonte, R Pagliarulo, Luigi Serlenga, Isabella Laura Simone, Specchio Lm, P. Lamberti

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The authors used plasmapheresis to treat 8 patients with myasthenia gravis and 26 with polyradiculoneuropathy. In myasthenia the treatment was effective in 85% of the cases, as reported in other studies. Good results occurred in some 80% of the cases with acute and relapsing polyradiculoneuropathy. In all cases plasma-exchange was started in the early stage. In chronic polyradiculoneuropathy the treatment was less effective. The authors discuss the advantages, disadvantages and prospects of this kind of therapy.

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The authors used plasmapheresis to treat 8 patients with myasthenia gravis and 26 with polyradiculoneuropathy. In myasthenia the treatment was effective in 85% of the cases, as reported in other studies. Good results occurred in some 80% of the cases with acute and relapsing polyradiculoneuropathy. In all cases plasma-exchange was started in the early stage. In chronic polyradiculoneuropathy the treatment was less effective. The authors discuss the advantages, disadvantages and prospects of this kind of therapy.

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The authors used plasmapheresis to treat 8 patients with myasthenia gravis and 26 with polyradiculoneuropathy. In myasthenia the treatment was effective in 85% of the cases, as reported in other studies. Good results occurred in some 80% of the cases with acute and relapsing polyradiculoneuropathy. In all cases plasma-exchange was started in the early stage. In chronic polyradiculoneuropathy the treatment was less effective. The authors discuss the advantages, disadvantages and prospects of this kind of therapy.

Key concepts: Plasmapheresis, Polyradiculoneuropathy, Medicine, Myasthenia gravis, Surgery, Anesthesia, Pediatrics, Internal medicine

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