Application of blood purification technique in autoimmune disease
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4912.2011.02.003
- VernacularTitle:常用血液净化技术治疗自身免疫性疾病
- Author:
Yubin WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Blood purification;
Autoimmune diseases
- From:
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine
2011;18(2):105-108,112
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The improvement of blood purification technologies in the recent years brings new methods of treating autoimmune diseases. Blood purification therapy mainly includes plasma exchange, immune adsorption and cell purification etc. It can rapidly remove a great amount of circulating pathological elements like autoantibodies,or remove the immune cells. It is effective for the treatment of refractory rheumatoid arthritis,severe systemic lupus erythematosus, acute autoimmune hemolytic, myasthenia gravis and other autoimmune diseases. But this is only a symptomatic treatment. Long-term steroid and immunosuppressive therapy are still needed to consolidate the curative effect.
