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Case Reports
. 1989;17(6):365-8.

[Plasma exchange in dermatology: apropos of a case of dermatomyositis]

[Article in Spanish]
F Millán Parrilla  1 , C Pujol Marco, V Oliver Martínez, I Febrer Bosch, R J Roig Oltra, J M Miguel Borja, J M Lainez Andres, A Aliaga Boniche
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  • PMID: 2699635
Case Reports

[Plasma exchange in dermatology: apropos of a case of dermatomyositis]

[Article in Spanish]
F Millán Parrilla et al. Med Cutan Ibero Lat Am. 1989.

Abstract

We present a 45 years old male with dermatomyositis refractory to eight months of standard treatment who responded to plasma exchange. The efficacy of the procedure is estimated from clinical follow-up (increase in strength) and serum creatine-kinase activity (decrease from 3,380 to 44 u/ml.) after five sessions of plasma exchange. The therapeutic indications for PE are reviewed in dermatological diseases with emphasis on cases where the response to steroids or cytotoxic drugs is inadequate.

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