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Update on the use of immunoglobulin in human disease: A review of evidence

  • Elena E. Perez
  • , Jordan S. Orange
  • , Francisco Bonilla
  • , Javier Chinen
  • , Ivan K. Chinn
  • , Morna Dorsey
  • , Yehia El-Gamal
  • , Terry O. Harville
  • , Elham Hossny
  • , Bruce Mazer
  • , Robert Nelson
  • , Elizabeth Secord
  • , Stanley C. Jordan
  • , E. Richard Stiehm
  • , Ashley A. Vo
  • , Mark Ballow
  • Allergy Associates of the Palm Beaches
  • Texas Children's Hospital Houston
  • Boston Children's Hospital
  • University of California at San Francisco
  • Ain Shams University
  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock
  • McGill University
  • Indiana University Bloomington
  • Children's Hospital of Michigan
  • University of California at Los Angeles
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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Abstract

Human immunoglobulin preparations for intravenous or subcutaneous administration are the cornerstone of treatment in patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases affecting the humoral immune system. Intravenous preparations have a number of important uses in the treatment of other diseases in humans as well, some for which acceptable treatment alternatives do not exist. We provide an update of the evidence-based guideline on immunoglobulin therapy, last published in 2006. Given the potential risks and inherent scarcity of human immunoglobulin, careful consideration of its indications and administration is warranted.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)S1-S46
JournalJournal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume139
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2017

Keywords

  • IGIV
  • IVIG
  • Immune globulin
  • SCIG
  • adverse events
  • autoimmunity
  • immune modulating
  • immunoglobulin
  • immunomodulation
  • primary immunodeficiency
  • transfusion

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