Immunoglobulin therapy: Methods of delivery

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1038-1039

  Ballow, Mark ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

antibody replacement therapy; immune deficiency disorders; Immunoglobulin intravenous; primary immunodeficiency; subcutaneous immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SUGAR;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EDITORIAL; FRACTIONATION; HEAT INJURY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRURITUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN BRUISING; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN REDNESS; STEADY STATE; SWELLING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; X LINKED AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA;

HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS;

EID: 55649084132     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.08.012     Document Type: Editorial

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