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Immunoglobulin G

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Immunoglobulin G (IgG) concentrates are immune-modulating, anti-inflammatory human blood plasma-derived products that can be used for the treatment of some peripheral neuropathies and a range of other pain disorders. While evidence is still emerging, IgG is a relatively safe but expensive, therapeutic strategy for chronic pain conditions.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1010, KCC 8th Floor, New York, NY, 10029, USA

    Yury Khelemsky MD

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 3400 Bainbridge Ave, LL400, Bronx, NY, 10128, USA

    Karina Gritsenko MD

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, KCC 8th Floor One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029, USA

    Jason Litt MD

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Correspondence to Yury Khelemsky MD .

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    R. Jason Yong

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Michael Nguyen

  3. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Ehren Nelson

  4. Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Health Care Center at Chestnut Hill, Center for Perioperative Research, Sedation for Interventional Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Richard D. Urman

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Khelemsky, Y., Gritsenko, K., Litt, J. (2017). Immunoglobulin G. In: Yong, R., Nguyen, M., Nelson, E., Urman, R. (eds) Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43133-8_51

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