BCMA

Alfred L Garfall1, Edward A Stadtmauer1

  • 1Abramson Cancer Center and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Blood cancer discovery
|September 28, 2023
PubMed
概括

在接受多发性骨髓瘤抗BCMA双特异抗体的患者中,感染风险与低免疫球蛋白水平有关. 免疫球蛋白替代疗法可以帮助在接受这些新型免疫疗法治疗的患者中降低这种风险.

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