Efficacy of Rituximab in the Treatment of Plasma Exchange Refractory Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

نویسندگان
Sadeghi, Alireza ID 1
Ashrafi, Farzaneh ID 2
Sourani, Arman ID 3

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology-Oncology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology-Oncology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

3 Student Research Committee, School of medicine, Isfahan University of Medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran

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چکیده

Background: Rituximab can induce a durable remission in plasma exchange refractory thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). Timing of Rituximab infusion in combination with plasma exchange (PE) and long term follow-up for probable side effects of such treatment is still lacking. Methods: This study was conducted among 10 patients with plasma exchange refractory ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Rituximab, Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, Plasma exchange, Refractory