Efficacy of selective plasma exchange as pre-transplant apheresis in ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation

Abstract Background Selective plasma exchange (SePE) is a new simple plasma exchange (PE) modality that enables removal of small and medium-sized molecules without removing larger substances such as coagulation factors. In this study, we examined the efficacy of SePE for removal of isoagglutinins in...

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Main Authors: Ako Hanaoka, Toshihide Naganuma, Yoshiaki Takemoto, Junji Uchida, Tatsuya Nakatani, Daijiro Kabata, Ayumi Shintani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Renal Replacement Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41100-019-0204-0