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| Domenico BiancoSummaryAffiliation: University of Minnesota Country: USA Publications
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Treatment of severe immune-mediated thrombocytopenia with human IV immunoglobulin in 5 dogsDomenico Bianco
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
J Vet Intern Med 21:694-9. 2007..Human IV immunoglobulin (hIVIG) blocks Fc receptors on mononuclear phagocytic cells in dogs; it is used in people with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura...
Presumed primary immune-mediated thrombocytopenia in four catsDomenico Bianco
Veterinary Clinical Sciences Department, Veterinary Medical Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1365 Gortner Avenue, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
J Feline Med Surg 10:495-500. 2008..In these cats IMT had a chronic course and responded poorly to therapy with prednisolone. Alternative immunomodulatory drugs may be considered in the treatment of feline IMT...
A prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study of human intravenous immunoglobulin for the acute management of presumptive primary immune-mediated thrombocytopenia in dogsD Bianco
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1352 Boyd Avenue, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
J Vet Intern Med 23:1071-8. 2009..Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia (IMT) is a common hematologic disorder in dogs. Human intravenous immunoglobulin (hIVIG) may have a beneficial effect in canine IMT...
Treatment of Evans' syndrome with human intravenous immunoglobulin and leflunomide in a diabetic dogDomenico Bianco
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1352 Boyd Avenue, St Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA
J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 45:147-50. 2009..This treatment resulted in complete remission of the ES, and leflunomide was discontinued after 10 months of therapy. Over a 19-month follow-up, the dog did not relapse and has remained a well-regulated diabetic...
Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia and severe thrombocytopenia in dogs: 12 cases (2001-2008)Elizabeth S Orcutt
Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, C339 Veterinary Medical Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108 6192, USA
J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio) 20:338-45. 2010..0 x 10(9) platelets/L; [15.0 x 10(3) platelets/microL]), and to evaluate prognostic factors, clinicopathologic findings, complications, treatment, outcome, and survival of dogs with this hematologic disorder...
