Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulins in Intensive Therapy
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Intravenous Immunoglobulins in the Therapy Of
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is used for the treatment of numerous immunodeficiency, immune-mediated, and inflammatory disorders in humans. More recently, it has been described for the therapy of immune-mediated hematologic disease in dogs. While the potential benefits of IVIG are tantalizing, and initial reports in dogs are encouraging, there is a marked paucity of controlled studies in t...
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عنوان ژورنال: General Reanimatology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2411-7110,1813-9779
DOI: 10.15360/1813-9779-2012-3-45