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2 unusual facts about Intravenous immunoglobulin


Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome

Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment is being explored as an option to treat this form of epilepsy.

Rasmussen's encephalitis

Intravenous immunoglobulin is also effective both in the short term and in the long term, particularly in adults where it has been proposed as first-line treatment.


Carlos Pardo-Villamizar

Pardo's 2005 study, published in the Annals of Neurology, has been cited by many promoters of alternative autism therapies, such as Dan Rossignol, to justify treating children "with a blood product typically reserved for people with severe immune system disorders like the one known as bubble boy disease."


see also

Hyperimmune

Hyperimmune globulin, a substance similar to Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG)