Marked improvement of Churg-Strauss vasculitis with intravenous gammaglobulins.
Churg-Strauss vasculitis (CSV) is a systemic vasculitis usually treated with steroids and cytotoxic drugs. Herein, we describe the beneficial effect of intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) in a 50-year-old man with CSV. The IVIG therapy brought a marked clinical improvement, with impressive decline in the titers of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody.
Levy
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Y
Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
George
J
J
Fabbrizzi
F
F
Rotman
P
P
Paz
Y
Y
Shoenfeld
Y
Y
D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / Q000097:blood / Q000187:drug effects; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous