Toleracne to equine IgG after immunosuppression in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Fourteen patients with multiple sclerosis were given two tolerizing doses of equinine gammaglobulin followed by equine antilymphocyte globulin. Twelve were sufficiently tolerant to have no clinical symptoms of hypersensitivity, no skin reactivity and normal plasma clearance rates. Some tolerance was lost in the following months revealed by immediate wheal and flare skin reactions. No correlation between success in tolerance induction and beneficial effects on the disease process could be established in the short term follow-up period of this pilot study.
D000818:Animals; D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006736:Horses / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*
D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum; D007074:Immunoglobulin G