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YOUR QUESTIONS ON THERAPEUTIC APHERESIS
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WHAT IS THERAPEUTIC APHERESIS?
Therapeutic Apheresis (TA) is a technique to circulate a patient's blood through a device to remove or treat a portion of the blood and return the remaining elements to the
patient. There are several types of TA procedures:
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Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
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Cytapheresis
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Lipoprotein apheresis
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Extracorporeal photopheresis
WHO CAN RECEIVE TREATMENTS?
Therapeutic apheresis treats 180+ medical conditions. The chronic medical conditions include Myasthenia Gravis, Long COVID, PANDAS, Alzheimer’s Disease, Autoimmune Dysautonomia, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Toxin/Venom Removal, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, and many more.
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