Efficacy and safety of a new immunoglobulin G product, Gammaplex®, in primary immunodeficiency diseases

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 510-515

  Moy, J N ^a   Scharenberg, A M ^b   Stein, M R ^c   Suez, D ^d   Roberts, R L ^e   Levy, R J ^f   Ballow, M ^g   Fasano, M B ^h   Dash, C H ⁱ   Leach, S J ⁱ  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Allergy Associates of the Palm Beaches   (United States)

^d Department of Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^e UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Family Allergy and Asthma Center   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

ⁱ BIO PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common variable immunodeficiency disease (CVID) and X linked agamma globulinaemia (XLA); Immunodeficiency primary; Intravenous immunoglobulin (IvIg)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; INFECTION; INFUSION; INFUSION RATE; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79952457210     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2010.04247.x     Document Type: Article

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