INTRAVENOUS IMMUNE GLOBULINS: AN UPDATEKNEZEVIC-MARAMICA and KRUSKALL
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From the Division of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Joint Program in Transfusion Medicine, Longwood Medical Area, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Address reprint requests to: Margot S. Kruskall, MD, Division of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine, Yamins 309, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215; e-mail: [email protected]. *In this review, the vernacular abbreviation IVIG is used. However, it should be noted that in the United States the proper name for this product is Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human), and the relevant abbreviation used by the FDA is IGIV. Received for publication March 12, 2003; revision received May 27, 2003, and accepted May 28, 2003. TRANSFUSION 2003;43:1460-1480. R E V I E W
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