Current Advances in Therapeutic Plasmapa

Treatment of acute Guillain-Barne syndrome with selective adsorption and IgG; regression of atherosclerosis by aggressive treatment using LDL-aperesis combined with antihyperlipidemic drugs; immunomodulation therapy for myasthenia gravis; treatment of severe hypercholosterolemia by HELP apheresis - clinical experience and indications; in vitro adsorption characteristics of commercially available adsorbents; treatment of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP); rationale for therapeutic haemapheresis; comparison of protein A- and trytophan-conjugated polyvinyl alcohol gel columns with an anti-human immunoglobulin adsorber; extracorporeal elimination therapy of autoimmune diseases; studies on the pathogenesis of thrombotic purpura - changes in blood and plasma components.