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  • noun Intravenous immunoglobulin: immunoglobulin for intravenous administration.

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Examples

  • The week before last, I tried to get a referral to get IVIG, which is for auto-immune diseases, and used in my case because it can pass the blood/brain barrier, and kill my OWN auto-immune system that is believed to be attacking and destroying parts of my brain.

    My specialist referral: blamed for my own death. Will ANYONE be 'responsible?' Elizabeth McClung 2009

  • The week before last, I tried to get a referral to get IVIG, which is for auto-immune diseases, and used in my case because it can pass the blood/brain barrier, and kill my OWN auto-immune system that is believed to be attacking and destroying parts of my brain.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Elizabeth McClung 2009

  • The treatment, called IVIG intravenous immunoglobulin consists of a three-hour infusion of highly purified immunoglobulin every twenty-eight days until pregnant, up to four months.

    Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

  • My test - which cost £900 - was positive, so to treat the disorder, I would need expensive transfusions, called IVIG (Intravenous immune globulin).

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • The treatment, called IVIG, is considered helpful for such diseases as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.

    DailyHerald.com > News > Illinois 2010

  • The treatment, called IVIG, is considered helpful for such diseases as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.

    DailyHerald.com > News > DuPage County 2010

  • The treatment, called IVIG, is considered helpful for such diseases as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.

    DailyHerald.com > News > Illinois 2010

  • The treatment, called IVIG, is considered helpful for such diseases as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.

    DailyHerald.com > News 2010

  • "He received an IVIG, which is a treatment to bring down the inflammation in his coronary arteries," the post continued.

    iVillage - Daily Blabber 2009

  • "He received an IVIG, which is a treatment to bring down the inflammation in his coronary arteries," the post continued.

    iVillage - Daily Blabber 2009

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