IMMUNOADSORPTION - A NEW THERAPEUTIC POSSIBILITY FOR MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS

A 46 year old woman suffers from chronic progressive multiple sclerosi s. She was diagnosed in 1993. Because of many complications seen in co nservative treatment, plasma exchange was started. The expanded disabi lity status scale by Kurtzke could be improved but the interval betwee n the treatments became shorter and shorter. It was therefore decided to commence protein A immunoadsorption treatment. With this treatment the patient shows good and stable improvement in neurological and func tional status with an acceptable treatment frequency of once every 3 w eeks. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.