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      Therapeutic plasma exchange for the treatment of pediatric renal diseases in 2013.

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      Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)

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          Abstract

          Therapeutic plasma exchange is an extracorporeal treatment modality that removes systemic circulating pathologic factors or replaces absent plasma components and plays a role in many nephrologic conditions. It presents a number of technical challenges in the pediatric population but has become an increasingly common practice in pediatric nephrology over the past several decades. While prospective evidence is often lacking, our increased understanding of the molecular pathogenesis underlying many pediatric renal diseases provides sound reasoning for the use of plasma exchange in treating these conditions. This review will present the currently accepted indications for plasma exchange in children, the technical aspects of the procedure and its potential complications.

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          Journal
          Pediatr. Nephrol.
          Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)
          1432-198X
          0931-041X
          Jan 2014
          : 29
          : 1
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego-Rady Children's Hospital, 3030 Children's Way, San Diego, CA, 92123, USA.
          Article
          10.1007/s00467-013-2479-7
          23812351
          a26acf49-59a2-4623-97a4-e442f1f53855
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