Journal article
Plasma exchange for myeloma kidney: cast(s) away?
Abstract
Leung et al. (this issue) present a retrospective study of 40 patients. Observations in 14/40 led to the suggestion of restitution of plasma exchange for light-chain responsive, biopsy-proven myeloma kidney until a better randomized control trial (RCT) is constructed. A careful analysis of their study and a recent RCT suggest little difference in outcome between plasma exchange and control groups. The analysis supports restitution of a better …
Authors
Clark WF; Garg AX
Journal
Kidney International, Vol. 73, No. 11, pp. 1211–1213
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
6 2008
DOI
10.1038/ki.2008.117
ISSN
0085-2538