Neurologist Susan W. Lee, DO, answers common questions about this treatment option for myasthenia gravis. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is a pooled collection of antibodies derived from donors’ ...
image: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted approval to Octapharma USA for Octagam® 10% [Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human)], the first and only intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) to ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a case study of three patients with COVID-19 vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia, starting ...
If you have an immunodeficiency related to certain infections, inflammatory diseases, or autoimmune disorders, you may have heard about an infusion treatment called intravenous immunoglobulin, or IVIG ...
"[O]ur study, which has the largest cohort to date, did not show an increased rate of VTEs in patients with DM on IVIG. Therefore, it is safe to start patients on this medicine as it is one of our ...
Approximately half of children with encephalitis have continued neurological difficulties 1 year following diagnosis, but the role of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) remains unclear. Researchers ...
With use of intravenous immune globulin (IVIg) for the treatment of adults with dermatomyositis, a significantly higher percentage of patients experienced at least minimal improvement in disease ...
Prophylactic intravenous immunoglobulin reduces COVID-19 infection rates in older patients with DLBCL with hypogammaglobulinemia undergoing reduced-intensity R-CHOP therapy. The study, conducted ...