Table 1. Trend of patient's complete blood counts.

	Normal value	Day of admission	After fresh frozen plasma, two packed red blood cells & first plasmapheresis	After the second plasmapheresis	After the second plasmapheresis	After the third plasmapheresis	After the fourth plasmapheresis
White blood cell count	4.80-10.80 K/uL	12.70	15.11	15.34	19.91	18.69	15.88
Red blood cell count	4.20-540 M/uL	2.62	3.61	3.02	3.55	3.21	3.56
Hemoglobin	12.0-16.0 g/dL	5.7	8.7	7.2	8.6	7.8	8.7
Hematocrit	37.0-47.0%	19.5	28.3	24.4	29.0	25.9	29.3
Mean corpuscular volume	81.0-99.0 fL	74.4	78.4	80.8	81.7	80.7	82.3
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin	27.0-31.0 pg	21.8	24.1	23.8	24.2	24.3	24.4
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration	32.0-37.0 g/dL	29.2	30.7	29.5	29.7	30.1	29.7
Red cell distribution width	11.5-14.5%	29.6	27.0	26.6	25.9	24.9	23.2
Platelet count	130-400 K/uL	69	70	179	298	419	624