Immune Globulin
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Prevention
Routine immunization is highly effective in the prevention of measles. Unimmunized or under-immunized people are at high risk for catching the disease.
Serum immune globulin given 6 days after exposure to the virus can reduce the risk of developing measles or decrease the severity of the disease.
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Health Guide
CMV: pneumonia
...seronegative recipients of organ transplants, use of CMV-negative blood products for transfusion, and CMV-immune globulin in certain patients has shown some preventive effects. Prevention of AIDS... Read more »Agammaglobulinemia
...of bacterial infections. Support Groups Expectations (prognosis) Treatment with immune globulins has improved the health of people with agammaglobulinemia. Without treatment,... Read more »Fetal-maternal erythrocyte distribution
...mother's blood circulation. The greater the amount of fetal cells present, the greater the amount of Rh immune globulin the mother must receive. Read more »Neutropenia: infants
...Medicines to stimulate white blood cell production Antibodies from donated blood samples (intravenous immune globulin) Support Groups Expectations (prognosis) The... Read more »Selective deficiency of IgA
...Definition Selective deficiency of IgA is defined as low levels of -- or complete absence of -- immune globulin A, which causes decreased immune function in the mucosal surfaces in the mouth,... Read more »Images
Medications
This medication is used to treat moderate to severe asthma in adults and children over 12 years of... Read more »
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