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A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Intravenous Immunoglobulin and Plasma Exchange as Preoperative Therapy of Myasthenia Gravis

Paul Jensen, Vera Bril

Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease · 2008 · 51 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

The results show that intravenous immunoglobulin may have comparable efficacy in the preoperative preparation of patients with myasthenia gravis and that this therapy is a reasonable alternative to plasma exchange in this clinical setting.

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