Home care use of intravenous and subcutaneous immunoglobulin for primary immunodeficiency in the United States

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-54

  Huang, Faith ^a   Feuille, Elizabeth ^a   Cunningham Rundles, Charlotte ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intravenous immunoglobulin; Primary immunodeficiency disease; Subcutaneous immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYPER IGM SYNDROME; ICD-9; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M DEFICIENCY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876439912     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: 15732592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-012-9776-y     Document Type: Article

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