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- Title
Therapeutic plasma exchange as adjunct therapy for bullous pemphigoid.
- Authors
Phachu, Deep; Elali, Ibrahim; Garay, Barbara; Attique, Hassan; Kaplan, Andre
- Abstract
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is a rare autoimmune blistering disease caused by pathogenic antibodies which deposit into the dermo‐epidermal junction. We present a case of bullous pemphigoid in a young female refractory to initial therapy with immunosuppressives and steroids who experienced significant improvement in blister burden after a course of adjunct therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE). This case report provides valuable insight into the benefit of utilizing TPE for BP and provides treatment specifics regarding use of TPE in a patient with BP.
- Subjects
BULLOUS pemphigoid; PLASMA exchange (Therapeutics); AUTOIMMUNE diseases
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Apheresis, 2022, Vol 37, Issue 6, p594
- ISSN
0733-2459
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jca.22017