Word: klinenberg
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Drs. Daniel Wallace, James Klinenberg and Dennis Goldfinger worked with twelve patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis, for whom medications, including gold and penicillamine, provided no relief. They removed either plasma (a process dubbed plasmapheresis) or the white blood cells called lymphocytes and plasma (lymphoplasmapheresis) in 20 sessions over eleven weeks...
...treatment is admittedly still expensive (hundreds of dollars per session) and untested for long-term effects. But even as a research tool it may prove valuable. Says Klinenberg: "If we can identify the troublesome factors in the white cells or plasma, maybe we can do something to provide lasting relief or even a cure...
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