Article
Genetic origin of IgG antibodies cloned by phage display and anti-idiotypic panning from three patients with autoimmune thrombocytopenia.
European journal of immunology - 1 Dec 1998
Jendreyko N, Uttenreuther-Fischer M M, Lerch H, Gaedicke G, Fischer P
Abstract excerpt
The beneficial use of intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) in certain groups of patients with autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (AITP) has been proven. AITP is a severe disease in children with a still unknown etiology. It is not clear how IVIG functions in this and other autoimmune diseases. To...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic
- Autoantibodies
- Autoimmunity
- Bacteriophages
- Female
- Gene Library
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin G
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region
- Male
- Mutation
- Purpura, Thrombocytopenic