Plasma exchange in neuroimmunological disorders: part 2. Treatment of neuromuscular disorders

HC Lehmann, HP Hartung, GR Hetzel… - Archives of …, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
Plasma exchange is a well-established therapeutic procedure commonly used in many
neurological disorders of autoimmune etiology. In this second part of our review, we assess
the role of plasma exchange in the treatment of neuromuscular disorders. In Guillain-Barré
syndrome and other immune-mediated neuropathic disorders, randomized controlled trials
have demonstrated the therapeutic efficacy of plasma exchange. Myasthenia gravis and
Lambert-Eaton syndrome represent neuromuscular disorders where plasmapheresis might …