Pulmonary Embolism after Intravenous Immunoglobulin
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Uses of intravenous immunoglobulin
Adjuvant high dose IVIgs are being used increasingly in a range of immune-mediated and auto-immune diseases. Although numerous immunomodulatory mechanisms have been suggested, the exact mechanisms of action are poorly understood. The efficacy of IVIg in certain diseases has been proven in clinical trials, in so far as IVIg is approved as the therapy of choice for Kawasaki syndrome and idiopathi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0141-0768,1758-1095
DOI: 10.1177/014107680109400412