Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy in Neurological Diseases During Pregnancy

Overview

Journal J Neurol

Specialty Neurology

Date 2006 Sep 26

PMID 16998758

Citations 3

Authors

Isabel Ringel

Uwe K Zettl

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Abstract

Immunological changes during pregnancy influence the course of neurological autoimmune diseases in different ways. In case of pregnancy immunomodulatory standard therapies such as interferon-beta, glatiramer acetate,monoclonal antibodies and cytostatics mostly should be discontinued. In those cases intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) therapy might be an alternative. In some diseases, contemporary publications describe positive therapeutic effects on the course of disease during or after pregnancy.

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