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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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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: QJM
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/89.9.641