Efficacy of pulsed intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in mixed connective tissue disease.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe a 69-year-old patient with long-standing mixed connective tissue disease who suffered from severe skin eruptions that did not respond to various immunosuppressive regimens. Therapy with high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin was successful in controlling the patient's disease without major side effects. We think that this regimen-although expensive-might be an interesting therapeutic option in selected patients with mixed connective tissue disease that is refractory to other treatment modalities.
Medical subject headings
- Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease