Table 2. Laboratory characteristics of five subjects treated with plasma exchange

Laboratory findings		No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5
WBC/uL (Seg%)	Pre-IVIG	8,600	17,300 (85.6)	16,600 (91.4)	18,800 (93.0)	12,200 (68.4)
	Post-IVIG	16,500	18,900 (79.2)	12,200 (72.4)	23,580 (90.0)	7,800 (54.7)
	Pre-PE	23,800 (73.1)	22,100 (61.7)	11,900 (60.9)	39,500 (81.9)	21,400 (62.2)
	Post-PE	8,700 (58.5)	7,400 (63.5)	6,800 (30.1)	11,300 (45.9)	10,200 (26.4)
ESR (mm/hr)	Pre-IVIG	74	50	92	120	51
	Post-IVIG	134	93	96	105	43
	Pre-PE	89	95	120	.	21
	Post-PE	.	57	30	8	.
CRP (mg/dL)	Pre-IVIG	22.15	14.18	21.27	20.96	8.54
	Post-IVIG	26.71	21.30	7.56	23.78	4.70
	Pre-PE	10.79	4.49	8.54	6.06	0.38
	Post-PE	0.65	0.88	0.6	0.21	0.38
TB (mg/dL)	Pre-IVIG	2.9	1.1	4.2	5.1	1.0
	Post-IVIG	1.2	0.1	0.3	2.7	0.8
	Pre-PE	0.7	0.1	0.4	1.2	0.2
	Post-PE	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.2
AST/ALT (IU/L)	Pre-IVIG	28/50	47/74	122/108	21/36	.
	Post-IVIG	16/22	53/199	23/35	45/27	.
	Pre-PE	53/82	32/136	26/17	55/53	26/17
	Post-PE	38/49	30/38	40/7	58/69	34/21

IVIG: intravenous immunoglobulin; PE: plasma exchange; WBC: white blood cell; Seg: segmented neutrophil; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; TB: total bilirubin.