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Clinical improvement of a patient with severe Wilson's disease after a single session of therapeutic plasma exchange.

Abstract
Here, we report a case of a 17-year old female with Wilson's disease presenting with progressive Coombs' negative hemolytic anemia and hepatic cirrhosis who was treated with one session of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) and clinically improved. In clinical situations where multiple sessions of TPE may not be possible, the use of a single session of TPE in conjunction with conventional therapy may be of benefit in preventing further clinical deterioration.
AuthorsMehmet Hursitoglu, Osman Kara, Mehmet A Cikrikcioglu, Tahsin Celepkulu, Sengul Aydin, Tufan Tukek
JournalJournal of clinical apheresis (J Clin Apher) Vol. 24 Issue 1 Pg. 25-7 ( 2009) ISSN: 1098-1101 [Electronic] United States
PMID19156772 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Copyright(c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Anemia, Hemolytic
  • Female
  • Hepatolenticular Degeneration (therapy)
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis
  • Plasma Exchange (methods)
  • Treatment Outcome

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