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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL APHERESIS
Volume 37, Issue 6, Pages 597-599Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jca.22023
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This study investigated the response of 16 late adolescent and adult PANDAS/PANS patients to TPE and found that most patients showed improvement after treatment.
Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal (PANDAS) infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) are typically diagnosed in childhood. Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) has been recommended to remove relevant antibodies and treat symptomatic presentations in children and adolescents, but there are no studies that evaluate the use of TPE in patients who are diagnosed later in life. It is therefore unclear if using an accepted treatment for pediatric PANS/PANDAS patients would be beneficial in adults with prolonged PANDAS/PANS symptomatic histories. This study investigated 16 late adolescent and adult PANDAS/PANS patients' responses to TPE. Improvement was noted in over half of the patients with available follow-up information.
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