Intravenous Immunoglobulins: Clinical Benefits and Future Prospects
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85070-648-9 (ISBN)
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This is a high-level clinical reference text on new developments in therapeutic immunomodulation. It describes the mechanisms of action and clinical use of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg), including its effectiveness in clinical conditions. The book also contains three chapters on the safety of IVIg, an overview chapter on IVIg therapy today and tomorrow, and a selected bibliography compiled primarily for practicing physicians. The contributing authors are IVIg experts from the USA, UK, Europe, and Australia.
Introduction. Mechanisms of Action of Intravenous Immunoglobulin-Mechanisms involved in the immunomodulatory effects of IVIg therapy. Variable region-dependent immunomodulation by IVIg. Complement attenuation. Opsonophagocytosis. Cytokines and their response to IVIg. Fc receptor blockade. Mechanisms of action of IVIg: summary. Clinical Uses of Intravenous Immunoglobulin-Immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Systemic vasculitis. Dermatomyositis and systemic lupus erythematosus. Neurological diseases. An alternative in steroid-dependent asthma. Recurrent pregnancy loss. Bone marrow transplantation. Hypogammaglobulinemia and infections in patients with B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Severely septic surgical patients. Idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease. Neonatal sepsis. New indications for IVIg therapy. Clinical uses of IVIg: summary. Safety of Intravenous Immunoglobulin-Safety of IVIg. Quality assurance, plasma sources, and manufacture of IVIg - the example of Sando-globulin. Safety of IVIg: summary. Immunoglobulin Therapy Today and Tomorrow: General Overview. Selected Bibliography. Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.12.1994 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 435 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Hämatologie |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-85070-648-4 / 1850706484 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-85070-648-9 / 9781850706489 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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