[HTML][HTML] Update on intravenous immunoglobulin in neurology: modulating neuro-autoimmunity, evolving factors on efficacy and dosing and challenges on stopping …

MC Dalakas - Neurotherapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last 25 years, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) has had a major impact in the
successful treatment of previously untreatable or poorly controlled autoimmune neurological …

Drug Insight: the use of intravenous immunoglobulin in neurology—therapeutic considerations and practical issues

R Gold, M Stangel, MC Dalakas - Nature Clinical Practice Neurology, 2007 - nature.com
Over the past few years, we have achieved increasing success in the treatment of a number
of autoimmune-mediated disorders affecting nerves and muscles. This success is partly …

Can we face the challenge of expanding use of intravenous immunoglobulin in neurology?

I Elovaara, A Hietaharju - Acta neurologica scandinavica, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Elovaara I, Hietaharju A. Can we face the challenge of expanding use of intravenous
immunoglobulin in neurology? Acta Neurol Scand: 2010: 122: 309–315.© 2010 The Authors …

Intravenous immunoglobulin in neurology—mode of action and clinical efficacy

JD Lünemann, F Nimmerjahn… - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2015 - nature.com
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg)—a preparation of polyclonal serum IgG pooled from
thousands of blood donors—has been used for nearly three decades, and is proving to be …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin in neurological diseases

JD Lünemann, I Quast, MC Dalakas - Neurotherapeutics, 2016 - Elsevier
Owing to its anti-inflammatory efficacy in various autoimmune disease conditions,
intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG)—pooled IgG obtained from the plasma of several …

Mechanism of action of intravenous immunoglobulin and therapeutic considerations in the treatment of autoimmune neurologic diseases

MC Dalakas - Neurology, 1998 - AAN Enterprises
On the basis of controlled clinical trials, high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) has
emerged as a critical therapy in the management of patients with various autoimmune …

Efficacy and tolerability of intravenous immunoglobulin and subcutaneous immunoglobulin in neurologic diseases

Y Chen, C Wang, F Xu, F Ming, H Zhang - Clinical Therapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose IV immunoglobulin (Ig) therapy has been widely used for the treatment of
neurologic disorders, autoimmune diseases, immunodeficiency-related diseases, blood …

Efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin in autoimmune neurological diseases. Literature systematic review and meta-analysis

V Morales-Ruiz, VH Juarez-Vaquera… - Autoimmunity …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Corticosteroids are the first-line treatment for several common autoimmune
neurological diseases. Other therapeutic approaches, including intravenous …

Clinical applications of intravenous immunoglobulins in neurology

RAC Hughes, MC Dalakas… - Clinical & …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) is used increasingly in the management of patients with
neurological conditions. The efficacy and safety of IVIg treatment in chronic inflammatory …

Shortage of human intravenous immunoglobulin—reasons and possible solutions

J Bayry, MD Kazatchkine, SV Kaveri - Nature clinical practice Neurology, 2007 - nature.com
In recent years, we have witnessed an alarming worldwide shortage of intravenous
immunoglobulin, an agent that is commonly used to treat various autoimmune and systemic …