Intravenous immunoglobulins in clinical practice /

Recognizing the explosive growth in information on intravenous immunoglublins (IVIGs), this exhaustive single-source volume surveys all available literature on the employment of IVIG preparations in clinical practice from pharmacoeconomics and pharmacokinetics to prophylaxis and management of infect...

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Other Authors: Lee, Martin L., 1953-, Strand, Vibeke
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dekker, [1997], ©1997
New York : c1997
New York : ©1997
New York : [1997]
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Pharmacokinetics of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Preparations / Andreas Morell
  • 2. Pharmacoeconomics of Intravenous Immunoglobulin / Martin L. Lee and Vibeke Strand
  • 3. Proposed Mechanisms for the Efficacy of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment / Vibeke Strand
  • 4. Production and Properties of Intravenous Immunoglobulins / John A. Hooper
  • 5. Nonviral Side Effects of Intravenous Immunoglobulins / Mario Dicato, C. Duhem and F. Ries
  • 6. Viral Safety of IVIG / Peng Lee Yap
  • 7. Alternative Methods for the Administration of Intravenous Immunoglobulins / Martin L. Lee
  • 8. IVIG in Bone Marrow Transplantation / Maurice J. Wolin and Robert Peter Gale
  • 9. Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulins for the Prevention and Treatment of Viral Infections in Solid Organ Transplantation / Jeffrey A. DesJardin and David R. Snydman
  • 10. Intravenous Immunoglobulin Use in the Newborn Infant: Treatment and Prevention of Infection / Rajam S. Ramamurthy
  • 11. Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulins in High-Risk Surgical Procedures and in Posttrauma Patients / Giorgio Zanetti and Michel-Pierre Glauser
  • 12. Intravenous Gammaglobulin Regimen for HIV-Infected Children: Infection Prophylaxis and Immunomodulation / Arye Rubinstein
  • 13. Use of Intravenous Immune Globulin in Adults with HIV Disease / David J. Rechtman
  • 14. Treatment of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases with Gammaglobulin / Richard I. Schiff
  • 15. Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment of IgG Subclass Deficiency / Thomas F. Smith
  • 16. Prevention of Infections in B-Cell Lymphoproliferative Diseases / Helen Griffiths and Helen Chapel
  • 17. Etiology and Prevention of Infection Following Thermal Injury / Khan Z. Shirani, George M. Vaughan and Albert T. McManus
  • 18. Prevention and Treatment of Viral Infection / Martha M. Eibl and Hermann M. Wolf
  • 19. Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy of Neonates with Nonpolio Enteroviral Infections / Harry L. Keyserling
  • 20. Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Andrew R. Lloyd and Denis Wakefield
  • 21. Intravenous Gammaglobulin Therapy for Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Neutropenia, And Hemolytic Anemia / James B. Bussel
  • 22. Use of IVIG in Kawasaki Syndrome / Marian E. Melish
  • 23. Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis / Thomas A. Griffin and Edward H. Giannini
  • 24. Intravenously Administered Gammaglobulin for the Prevention or Modulation of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus / John M. Dwyer and Stephen Colagiuri
  • 25. Advances in the Treatment of Alloimmune-Mediated Platelet Disorders with Intravenous Immunoglobulin / Thomas S. Kickler
  • 26. Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Frans G. A. van der Meche and Pieter A. van Doorn
  • 27. Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy / Pieter A. van Doorn and Frans G. A. van der Meche
  • 28. Intravenous Immunoglobulin in the Management of Myasthenia Gravis / David Grob
  • 29. Multiple Sclerosis / Anat Achiron
  • 30. Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis / Lori B. Tucker and Earl D. Silverman
  • 31. Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Therapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis / David E. Yocum
  • 32. Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Pooled Human Intravenous Immunoglobulin / Stanley C. Jordan
  • 33. Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy of Systemic Necrotizing Vasculitis / Leonard H. Calabrese
  • 34. Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome / John Newsom-Davis
  • 35. Intravenous Gammaglobulin in the Treatment of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss / Ann L. Parke
  • 36. Intravenous Immunoglobulin and Other Autoimmune Diseases / Martin L. Lee
  • 37. Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy in Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Douglas S. Levine
  • 38. Development of Hyperimmune Immunoglobulins / William J. Landsperger and Roger Lundblad.
  • 1 Pharmacokinetics of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Preparations / Andreas Morell
  • 2. Pharmacoeconomics of Intravenous Immunoglobulin / Martin L. Lee and Vibeke Strand
  • 3. Proposed Mechanisms for the Efficacy of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment / Vibeke Strand
  • 4. Production and Properties of Intravenous Immunoglobulins / John A. Hooper
  • 5. Nonviral Side Effects of Intravenous Immunoglobulins / Mario Dicato, C. Duhem and F. Ries
  • 6. Viral Safety of IVIG / Peng Lee Yap
  • 7. Alternative Methods for the Administration of Intravenous Immunoglobulins / Martin L. Lee
  • 8. IVIG in Bone Marrow Transplantation / Maurice J. Wolin and Robert Peter Gale
  • 9. Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulins for the Prevention and Treatment of Viral Infections in Solid Organ Transplantation / Jeffrey A. DesJardin and David R. Snydman
  • 10. Intravenous Immunoglobulin Use in the Newborn Infant: Treatment and Prevention of Infection / Rajam S. Ramamurthy
  • 11 Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulins in High-Risk Surgical Procedures and in Posttrauma Patients / Giorgio Zanetti and Michel-Pierre Glauser
  • 12. Intravenous Gammaglobulin Regimen for HIV-Infected Children: Infection Prophylaxis and Immunomodulation / Arye Rubinstein
  • 13. Use of Intravenous Immune Globulin in Adults with HIV Disease / David J. Rechtman
  • 14. Treatment of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases with Gammaglobulin / Richard I. Schiff
  • 15. Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment of IgG Subclass Deficiency / Thomas F. Smith
  • 16. Prevention of Infections in B-Cell Lymphoproliferative Diseases / Helen Griffiths and Helen Chapel
  • 17. Etiology and Prevention of Infection Following Thermal Injury / Khan Z. Shirani, George M. Vaughan and Albert T. McManus [et al.]
  • 18. Prevention and Treatment of Viral Infection / Martha M. Eibl and Hermann M. Wolf
  • 19. Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy of Neonates with Nonpolio Enteroviral Infections / Harry L. Keyserling
  • 20 Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Andrew R. Lloyd and Denis Wakefield
  • 21. Intravenous Gammaglobulin Therapy for Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Neutropenia, And Hemolytic Anemia / James B. Bussel
  • 22. Use of IVIG in Kawasaki Syndrome / Marian E. Melish
  • 23. Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis / Thomas A. Griffin and Edward H. Giannini
  • 24. Intravenously Administered Gammaglobulin for the Prevention or Modulation of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus / John M. Dwyer and Stephen Colagiuri
  • 25. Advances in the Treatment of Alloimmune-Mediated Platelet Disorders with Intravenous Immunoglobulin / Thomas S. Kickler
  • 26. Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Frans G. A. van der Meche and Pieter A. van Doorn
  • 27. Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy / Pieter A. van Doorn and Frans G. A. van der Meche
  • 28. Intravenous Immunoglobulin in the Management of Myasthenia Gravis / David Grob
  • 29. Multiple Sclerosis / Anat Achiron
  • 30 Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis / Lori B. Tucker and Earl D. Silverman
  • 31. Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Therapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis / David E. Yocum
  • 32. Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Pooled Human Intravenous Immunoglobulin / Stanley C. Jordan
  • 33. Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy of Systemic Necrotizing Vasculitis / Leonard H. Calabrese
  • 34. Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome / John Newsom-Davis
  • 35. Intravenous Gammaglobulin in the Treatment of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss / Ann L. Parke
  • 36. Intravenous Immunoglobulin and Other Autoimmune Diseases / Martin L. Lee
  • 37. Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy in Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Douglas S. Levine
  • 38. Development of Hyperimmune Immunoglobulins / William J. Landsperger and Roger Lundblad.