Home intravenous immunoglobulin therapy by self-administration |
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Authors: | Ellyn R. Ashida Andrew Saxon |
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Affiliation: | (1) Division of Clinical Immunology/Allergy, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, 90024 Los Angeles, California |
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Abstract: | Immunoglobulin replacement therapy is required by patients with certain antibody deficiency syndromes and is finding increasing application in other immune disorders such as immune thrombocytopenia. We describe the long-term home administration of intravenous -globulin by seven patients themselves using a portable infusion pump. Over a period of as long as 2 years, this has proven to be effective, safe, and cost efficient and a good alternative to hospital or physicians' office-based infusions. |
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Keywords: | hypogammaglobulinemia intravenous /content/g6n72q3th0157g03/xxlarge947.gif" alt=" gamma" align=" MIDDLE" BORDER=" 0" >-globulin |
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