Efficacy of intravenous combined immunosuppression with plasmapheresis in adult patients with refractory primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.

Ahmet Burak DirimErol DemirNurane GullerSeda SafakAyse Serra ArtanOzgur Akin OtoYasemin OzlukSavas OzturkHalil YaziciSevgi Kalayoglu-BesisikAydin Turkmen

Published in: Journal of clinical apheresis (2022)

Plasmapheresis combined with intravenous cyclosporine and corticosteroids could be an option in refractory primary FSGS. High response rates after this protocol were encouraging. However, the relapsing disease was observed after the cessation of apheresis. Also, complications of the protocol could limit the applicability.

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