Plasmapheresis in the treatment of myasthenia gravis: retrospective study of 26 patients Plasmaférese no tratamento da miastenia grave: estudo retrospectivo de 26 pacientes

Plasmapheresis in the treatment of myasthenia gravis: retrospective study of 26 patients Plasmaférese no tratamento da miastenia grave: estudo retrospectivo de 26 pacientes

We analyzed the experience of Unicamp Clinical Hospital with plasma exchange (PE) therapy in myasthenia gravis (MG). About 17.8 % of a totality of MG patients had PE performed: 26 cases, 19 women and seven men. The mean age-onset of MG was 28 years, extremes 11 and 69. Minimum deficit observed in th...

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Main Authors: Rosana Carandina-Maffeis, Anamarli Nucci, José F.C. Marques Jr, Eduardo G. Roveri, Beatriz H.M. Pfeilsticker, Solange G. Garibaldi, Leonardo de Deus-Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2004-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
plamaférese
miastenia grave
terapêutica
aceitação
complicações
plasmapheresis
myasthenia gravis
therapeutics
acceptance
complications
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2004000300003
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