Dramatic response to plasma exchange in systemic lupus erythematosus with acute complications: Report of two cases

Acute exacerbations and complications are common in patients of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) despite of adequate long-term therapy with immunosuppressive drugs. So other options like therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) can be considered as part of management. Here, we share our experience of two...

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Autores principales: Hans, Rekha, Sharma, Ratti Ram, Marwaha, Neelam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3902577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24501494
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.123462
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description Acute exacerbations and complications are common in patients of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) despite of adequate long-term therapy with immunosuppressive drugs. So other options like therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) can be considered as part of management. Here, we share our experience of two patients of SLE with acute complications who were successfully managed with TPE.
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spelling pubmed-39025772014-02-05 Dramatic response to plasma exchange in systemic lupus erythematosus with acute complications: Report of two cases Hans, Rekha Sharma, Ratti Ram Marwaha, Neelam Indian J Crit Care Med Case Report Acute exacerbations and complications are common in patients of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) despite of adequate long-term therapy with immunosuppressive drugs. So other options like therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) can be considered as part of management. Here, we share our experience of two patients of SLE with acute complications who were successfully managed with TPE. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3902577/ /pubmed/24501494 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.123462 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Dramatic response to plasma exchange in systemic lupus erythematosus with acute complications: Report of two cases
title_full Dramatic response to plasma exchange in systemic lupus erythematosus with acute complications: Report of two cases
title_fullStr Dramatic response to plasma exchange in systemic lupus erythematosus with acute complications: Report of two cases
title_full_unstemmed Dramatic response to plasma exchange in systemic lupus erythematosus with acute complications: Report of two cases
title_short Dramatic response to plasma exchange in systemic lupus erythematosus with acute complications: Report of two cases
title_sort dramatic response to plasma exchange in systemic lupus erythematosus with acute complications: report of two cases
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3902577/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.123462
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