Recent advances of plasmapheresis in the treatments of systemic lupus erythematosus
- VernacularTitle:血浆净化治疗系统性红斑狼疮临床进展
- Author:
Yong GU
;
Jun XUE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
systemic lupus erythematosus;
plasmapheresis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Internal Medicine
2001;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Recently,considerable progress has been made in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE),especially in the clinical use of new immunosuppressive agents,which leads to improved remission rate and life quality.However,plasmapheresis still shows to be necessary in severe lupus with serious complications.With the development of plasmapheresis technology,the efficiency and specificity of antibody adsorption being improved significantly,it played an important role in the treatment of acute stage life-threaten lupus.Here we intend to make a review on the relative improvement of plasmapheresis technology and its clinical use.