Management of common variable immunodeficiency by subcutaneous IgG self‐administration during pregnancy – a case report

Patients with common variable immunodeficiency are prone to infections, and this poses a particular challenge during pregnancy, when the requirement for immunoglobulin (Ig) replacement therapy is even more demanding so as to achieve an effective protection also of the fetus. This case report highlig...

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Autores principales: Marasco, Carolina, Venturelli, Alberta, Rao, Luigia, Vacca, Angelo, Carratù, Maria Rosaria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5538082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28781847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.692
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author Marasco, Carolina
Venturelli, Alberta
Rao, Luigia
Vacca, Angelo
Carratù, Maria Rosaria
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description Patients with common variable immunodeficiency are prone to infections, and this poses a particular challenge during pregnancy, when the requirement for immunoglobulin (Ig) replacement therapy is even more demanding so as to achieve an effective protection also of the fetus. This case report highlights the benefits observed with subcutaneous IgG self‐administration in the management of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) during pregnancy, in terms of efficacy and safety.
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spelling pubmed-55380822017-08-04 Management of common variable immunodeficiency by subcutaneous IgG self‐administration during pregnancy – a case report Marasco, Carolina Venturelli, Alberta Rao, Luigia Vacca, Angelo Carratù, Maria Rosaria Clin Case Rep Case Reports Patients with common variable immunodeficiency are prone to infections, and this poses a particular challenge during pregnancy, when the requirement for immunoglobulin (Ig) replacement therapy is even more demanding so as to achieve an effective protection also of the fetus. This case report highlights the benefits observed with subcutaneous IgG self‐administration in the management of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) during pregnancy, in terms of efficacy and safety. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5538082/ /pubmed/28781847 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.692 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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