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 Volume 60, Number 11, June 10, 2003
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Neurology 2003;60:1825-1826
© 2003 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Arterial thrombosis induced by IVIg and its treatment with tPA

Darin Okuda, MD, Murray Flaster, MD, James Frey, MD and Kumaraswamy Sivakumar, MD

From the Division of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Sivakumar, Barrow Neurological Institute, Neuromuscular Research Center, 240 W. Thomas Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85013; e-mail: ksivakumar{at}chw.edu

IV immunoglobulin therapy can lead to vascular events through increased serum viscosity and possibly other mechanisms. The authors describe the successful use of tissue plasminogen activator in three of four patients who developed cerebral and peripheral arterial thrombosis after treatment with IV immunoglobulin.






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