title: Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in neurological diseases during pregnancy.
abstract: Immunological changes during pregnancy influence the course of neurological autoimmune diseases in different ways. In case of pregnancy immunomodulatory standard therapies such as interferon-beta, glatiramer acetate,monoclonal antibodies and cytostatics mostly should be discontinued. In those cases intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) therapy might be an alternative. In some diseases, contemporary publications describe positive therapeutic effects on the course of disease during or after pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: iringel@debitel.net.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ringel
authors.forename: Uwe K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Zettl
mesh_terms: D020274:Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous