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Clinical use of immune serum globulin as replacement therapy in patients with primary immunodeficiency syndromes

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IVIG is the definitive therapy for primary immunodeficiency diseases associated with hypogammaglobulinemia or specific antibody deficiencies. Administration of IVIG is relatively safe, but occasional adverse reactions are usually self-limited and generally are not an indication for stopping therapy. Home administration of IVIG has found increasing favor among treating physicians and their patients

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Schwartz, S.A. Clinical use of immune serum globulin as replacement therapy in patients with primary immunodeficiency syndromes. Clinical Reviews in Allergy 10, 1–12 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02914366

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