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Use of autologous pregnancy plasma to treat a flare of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: Case report and literature review

✍ Scribed by Daniel J. Wallace; Dennis Goldfinger; James R. Klinenberg

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1987
Tongue: English
Weight: 255 KB
Volume: 3
Category: Article
ISSN: 0733-2459
DOI: 10.1002/jca.2920030405

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✦ Synopsis

A patient with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis whose disease was in remission during pregnancy underwent thirdtrimester plasmaphereses. The stored plasma was returned to her 1 year postpartum, when the disease flared. without beneficial results. The literature on the use of blood products in rheumatoid arthritis and pregnancy is rcviewed.

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