Myasthenia Gravis : Definition, Symptoms, Causes, Types, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Pathophysiology, Complications, Treatment, Living with Myasthenia Gravis

Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (IVIG)

Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (IVIG)
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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