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Number of plasmaphereses needed<br />

Removal of IgM<br />

(Ward DM, Updates to Harrison’s Principle’s<br />

of Internal Medicine, Volume V, 1984)<br />

Removal of IgG<br />

(Ward DM, Updates to Harrison’s Principle’s<br />

of Internal Medicine, Volume V, 1984)<br />

Monoclonal IgM (mg/dl)<br />

IgG Autoantibody titer<br />

5000<br />

IgM<br />

1:20,480<br />

IgG<br />

980<br />

254<br />

<strong>Plasmapheresis</strong> procedures<br />

• IgM is large (~970,000 Daltons)<br />

• 90% of IgM stays intravascular<br />

<strong>Plasmapheresis</strong> procedures<br />

Most antibody mediated diseases:<br />

• IgG is smaller (~146,000 Daltons)<br />

• Only 25%-30% is intravascular<br />

dmward@ucsd.edu

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