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The first results demonstrating efficiency and safety of a double-column whole blood method of LDL-apheresis.
Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis - 1 Feb 2010
Hequet O, Le Q H, Rigal D, Mekhloufi F, Jaeger S, Sassolas A, Groisne L, Moulin P
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LDL-apheresis is a treatment for familial hypercholesterolemia in addition to diet and drug therapy. In the past, LDL-apheresis techniques consisted in separating plasma from blood and adsorbing plasma LDL-C whereas recent methods remove LDL-C directly from whole blood. The whole blood system developed by Kaneka consists of a single-column (Liposorber DL-75) treatment (SCWB) but a double-column whole blood (DCWB)...
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