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  • Title: Immunological monitoring of a patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome successfully treated with plasma exchange.
    Author: Fiorini G, Bigi G, Paracchini ML, Marinig C, Gibelli A.
    Journal: Vox Sang; 1982; 42(6):304-7. PubMed ID: 7113110.
    Abstract:
    A patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome was successfully treated by plasma exchange (without any other therapy), and the relationship between changes in his peripheral blood lymphocyte subpopulations and the clinical improvement induced by plasma-pheresis was studied. At the recovery, the most interesting findings were an increase in T suppressor lymphocytes, and in Fc receptor-bearing lymphocytes (above normal values), together with a decrease in B lymphocytes. In this patient, plasma exchange not only removed toxic humoral factors, but also restored a normal balance among peripheral lymphocytes.
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