Utility of Double Filtration Plasmapheresis in Acute Antibody Mediated Renal Allograft Rejection: Report of Three Cases

Plasmapheresis is an extracorporeal procedure, which is often employed to rapidly lower circulating titers of autoantibodies, immune complexes or toxins. There are two types of plasmapheresis namely, regular plasmapheresis (RPP) by centrifugation and membrane fi ltration, and double fi ltration plasmapheresis (DFPP) which is a special form of membrane fi ltration in which two membranes called as plasma separator and plasma fractionator are...