Efficacy of haemodiafiltration treatment with PEPA dialysis membranes in plasma free light chain removal in a patient with primary amyloidosis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1689-1691

  Machiguchi, Toshihiko ^a,b   Tamura, Tadao ^a   Yoshida, Haruyoshi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION HIMEJI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dimethyl sulfoxide; Free light chain; Haemodiafiltration; High performance membrane; Polyester polymer alloy membrane; Primary amyloidosis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; MANIDIPINE; MIZORIBINE; NITROGEN; PARAPROTEIN; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DIALYSIS MEMBRANE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; KIDNEY AMYLOIDOSIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SURVIVAL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0036714422     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/17.9.1689     Document Type: Article

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