A retrospective study describing the effective exchange of total blood plasma for disease control in the exacerbation of serpiginous choroiditis.
Yuri KatayamaDaisuke KatagiriTakuya HaradaKanako TerakawaKeiki ShimadaEmi SakamotoTakahito NiikuraMinami SuzukiYuki YoshizakiNaoto NunoseMotohiko SatoShigeko YashiroHiroshi KanekoHideki TakanoPublished in: Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (2024)
The reproducible response with each recurrence suggests a strong association between the disease and autoimmunity. Furthermore, that some, as yet unknown, autoantibodies are involved in the pathogenesis of serpiginous choroiditis.