Plasmapheresis in the Treatment of Refractory Myoclonic Status. A Case Report
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Nov 06, 2021
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Article Category: Case report
Published Online: Nov 06, 2021
Page range: 290 - 293
Received: Oct 08, 2021
Accepted: Oct 10, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2021-0041
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© 2021 Judit Gutierrez-Gutierrez, Reyes Muñoz-Calahorro, Laura Bermejo-Guerrero, Zaira Molina-Collado, Ignacio Saez de la Fuente, Jose Angel Sánchez-Izquierdo, published by Sciendo
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A case of myoclonic status treated with plasmapheresis in a patient of 63 years of age who was admitted to a Spanish intensive care unit is reported. The patient showed clinical and radiological evidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection; molecular tests did not verify this.