Immunoadsorption--a new therapeutic possibility for multiple sclerosis?

A 46 year old woman suffers from chronic progressive multiple sclerosis. She was diagnosed in 1993. Because of many complications seen in conservative treatment, plasma exchange was started.

[Protein A immunoadsorption al a new apheresis procedure for elimination of HLA antibodies].

The protein A immunoadsorption allows to remove antibodies of the classes IgG, IgM and IgA in special quantities from the plasma. IgG subclasses 1, 2 and 4 will be removed for 100% and IgG of class 3 for nearly 80%. For this reason immunoadsorptions are a useful therapeutic method especially for immunological diseases with antibodies of IgG type.