[Glomectomy, plasmapheresis and plasmacytapheresis in the treatment of bronchial asthma patients].

Plasmapheresis was used in 9 patients and plasmacytapheresis in 27 patients with bronchial asthma. This was in 35 patients preceded by glomectomy. Inefficiency of the operation, presence of immunological changes was the basis for the apheresis procedures. No serious complications were observed. Both methods further the elimination of immune complexes. The treatment was positive in 33 of the 36 patients.