Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (IVIG)
Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (IVIG) helps the patients of myasthenia gravis crisis by changing the immune system and destroying the damage-causing antibodies. Intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) are immune proteins that neutralize the damaging antibodies in myasthenia gravis patients.
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