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Antigenic Liposomes for Generation of Disease-specific Antibodies
Published on: October 25, 2018
[Inflammatory myopathies in adults. Place of polyvalent immunoglobulins]
Robert Rodriguez-Vigouroux1, Jörg D Seebach1, Geoffrey Urbanski1
1Service d'immunologie et d'allergologie, Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, 1211 Genève 14.
Abstract:
Inflammatory myopathies are a heterogeneous group of multi-system autoimmune diseases affecting skeletal muscle. High-dose intravenous immunoglobulins have immunomodulatory properties useful in the treatment of many autoimmune diseases. This review proposes to explore their mechanisms of action and the available evidence concerning their efficacy in inflammatory myopathies. The intravenous immunoglobulins have a good safety profile, but their high cost and limited availability mean that they must be prescribed with caution.
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