Manufacture of immunoglobulin products for patients with primary antibody deficiencies – the effect of processing conditions on product safety and efficacy

Early preparations of immunoglobulin (IG) manufactured from human plasma by ethanol (Cohn) fractionation were limited in their usefulness for substitution therapy in patients with primary antibody deficiencies (PAD), as IG aggregates formed during manufacture resulted in severe systemic reactions in...

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Main Authors: Albert eFarrugia, Isabella eQuinti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00665/full