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Successful discontinuation of immunoglobulin G replacement at age 10 in a patient with immunoglobulin G2 deficiency

open access: yesSAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2017
Context: Immunoglobulin G2 deficiency that persists beyond the age of 6 years is likely to be permanent. Case report: We report on a young Japanese female, diagnosed as having immunoglobulin G2 deficiency and low anti-pneumococcal immunoglobulin G2 ...
Masayoshi Shinjoh   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Subcutaneous immunoglobulin replacement therapy in the treatment of patients with primary immunodeficiency disease

open access: yesTherapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2009
Suzanne Skoda-Smith, Troy R Torgerson, Hans D OchsSeattle Children’s Research Institute and Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WashingtonAbstract: Antibody deficiency is the most frequently encountered primary ...
Suzanne Skoda-Smith   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Immunoglobulin replacement therapies in inborn errors of immunity: a review

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics
Immunoglobulins (Ig) were used as a therapeutic modality for the first time in a patient with X-linked agammaglobulinemia in 1952 by Colonel Ogden Bruton, decades before the molecular mechanisms causing the disease were unraveled.
Archan Sil   +7 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Human normal immunoglobulin in the treatment of primary immunodeficiency diseases [PDF]

open access: yesTherapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2012
Philip WoodSt James University Hospital, Leeds, United KingdomAbstract: The primary antibody deficiency syndromes are a rare group of disorders that can present at any age, and for which delay in diagnosis remains common.
Wood P
doaj   +1 more source

Subcutaneous immunoglobulin therapy: a new option for patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases

open access: yesBiologics: Targets & Therapy, 2012
Lisa KobrynskiDepartment of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USAAbstract: Since the 1950s, replacement of immunoglobulin G using human immunoglobulin has been the standard treatment for primary immunodeficiency diseases with defects in antibody
Kobrynski L
doaj   +1 more source

Hormone replacement therapy is associated with improved verbal declarative memory in healthy relatively recent postmenopausal women. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The efficacy of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) for cognitive health in postmenopausal women has been systematically questioned during the last decade.
Sünram-Lea, Sandra I.   +3 more
core   +5 more sources

An updated perspective on immunoglobulin replacement in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the era of targeted therapies

open access: yesFrontiers in Oncology, 2023
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is a malignancy of clonally expanded antigen-switched, neoplastic, mature B cells. CLL is characterised by a variable degree of immunosuppression and secondary hypogammaglobulinemia.
Sujoy Khan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of subcutaneous immunoglobulin replacement therapy on serum IgG levels in patients with primary immunodeficiency

open access: yesTrends in Pediatrics, 2023
Objective: In a large group of patients with primary immunodeficiency (PID), immunoglobulin replacement therapy is critical for infection control. There are two main methods of immunoglobulin replacement intravenous (IVIG) and subcutaneous (SCIG).
Selime Özen Bölük   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Treatment of patients with immunodeficiency: Medication, gene therapy, and transplantation

open access: yesJornal de Pediatria, 2021
Objectives: To provide an overview of drug treatment, transplantation, and gene therapy for patients with primary immunodeficiencies. Source of data: Non-systematic review of the literature in the English language carried out at PubMed. Synthesis of data:
Gesmar Rodrigues Silva Segundo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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