Therapeutic plasma exchange for myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, and other immune-mediated neurological diseases, over a 40-year experience.
Mireya Fernández-FournierAna KerguelenFrancisco Javier Rodríguez de RiveraLaura Lacruz BallesterSantiago JimenoItsaso LosantosDolores Hernández-MaraverInmaculada PuertasAntonio Tallon-BarrancoAurora ViejoAna Frank GarcíaExuperio Diez TejedorPublished in: Expert review of neurotherapeutics (2022)
TPE is well-tolerated with low complication rate (<4% procedures), mainly hypotensive/vasovagal reactions. Patients with GBS seem more prone to them than MG patients. Acquaintance with this technique seems necessary.