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Rheopheresis is a process to change the viscosity of blood by filtering blood to remove some components such as fibrinogen, von Willebrand factor and LDL cholesterol. It is experimental treatment for dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) 〔http://www.agingeye.net/mainnews/rheopheresis.php "Rheopheresis - an investigational treatment for Dry Macular Degeneration" 2005〕 and Acute Ischemic Stroke 〔http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/strokeaha;30/4/787 "Extracorporeal Rheopheresis in the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke " 1999〕 Some trials have given disappointing results for AMD〔http://www.aosonline.org/xactions/2006/1545-6110_v104_p221.pdf "PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE FINAL MULTICENTER INVESTIGATION OF RHEOPHERESIS FOR AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION (AMD) TRIAL (MIRA-1) RESULTS" 2006〕 〔http://www.glgroup.com/News/Results-of-Rheopheresis-for-Macular-Degeneration-not-Impressive-240.html "Results of Rheopheresis for Macular Degeneration not Impressive" 2006〕 but two German studies (72 and 43 patients) reported good results in 2009〔http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1230321/How-cleaning-blood-help-better.html Daily Mail(UK) 24 Nov 2009 p44〕 〔http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19629514 "Prospective, randomized, controlled clinical study evaluating the efficacy of Rheopheresis for dry age-related macular degeneration. Dry AMD treatment with Rheopheresis Trial-AR" 2009〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rheopheresis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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