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Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy for patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy and endomyocardial biopsy-proven high PVB19 viral load

Robert Dennert, Sebastiaan Velthuis, Simon Schalla, Luc W.M. Eurlings, Robert‐Jan van Suylen, Pieter van Paassen, Jan William Cohen Tervaert, Petra Wolffs, Valère J. Goossens, Catrien Bruggeman,

Antiviral Therapy · 2010 · 103 citations · 28 references

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The present pilot study demonstrates that IVIg significantly reduces viral load and improves cardiac function in patients with DCM related to increased PVB19 viral load in the heart.

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