Clinical implication of plasma exchange on life-threatening antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis

Abstract Background We assessed the rate of and predictors for all-cause mortality in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) receiving plasma exchange (PLEX) and evaluated the survival benefit of PLEX for diffuse alveolar haemorrhage (DAH) between AAV pa...

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Main Authors: Pil Gyu Park, Byung-Woo Yoo, Jason Jungsik Song, Yong-Beom Park, Sang-Won Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-020-01181-z