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Different Gm allotype amounts in human intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) preparations; survival of foreign Gm allotypes in immunodeficient patients.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Nov 1996
Oxelius V A, Eibl M M
Abstract excerpt
IVIG is used as standard replacement therapy in primary antibody deficiency. IVIG consists mainly of IgG. IVIG preparations were investigated with respect to Gm allotypes, which are characterized by various amino acid epitopes in the constant heavy chains of the IgG subclasses IgG1, IgG2 and IgG3. The alternative allelic Gm allotypes G1m(a) and G1m(f) of IgG1, G2m(n) and G2m(") of IgG2 and G3m(g) and G3m(b) of...
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