Plasmapheresis is a process in which the liquid part of the blood, or plasma, is separated from the blood cells. Typically, the plasma is replaced with another solution such as saline or albumin, or ...

Plasmapheresis is a medical procedure designed to remove some plasma from the blood. During a plasma exchange, unhealthy plasma is swapped for healthy plasma or a plasma substitute, before the blood ...

MACROGLOBULINEMIA of Waldenström is a disease of the reticuloendothelial system characterized by a marked increase in the serum gamma macroglobulin concentration. It occurs most frequently in elderly ...

Conventional chemotherapy for myeloma comprises melphalan plus prednisone or a combined regimen such as vincristine, doxorubicin and dexamethasone. The response rate for these approaches is 40–60% and ...

January 21, 2011 — The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has issued new guidelines on the use of plasmapheresis in the treatment of neurologic disorders. The guidelines provide evidence-based ...

Plasmapheresis is an uncommon treatment that can be used to manage something called myeloma kidney, a type of kidney failure that affects many people with multiple myeloma. It separates out plasma ...

Desensitization allows successful kidney transplantation in individuals with high levels of donor-specific alloantibody (DSA). It is not known which of the two main desensitization ...

The medical practice of plasmapheresis will be discussed by the House health committee in October following the recent public ...