Immune Globulin Definition

Immune Globulin Sentence Examples

• In cases of known Rh incompatibility, the mother is given an injection of RhoGAM, an immune globulin preparation, at about 28 weeks of pregnancy and again immediately after the child's birth.

• Such treatments are vaccine or immune globulin for hepatitis A, typhoid, meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, and rabies.

• If the blood test is positive, the baby should receive vaccine along with hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) at birth.

• Sometimes, corticosteroids or immune globulin may be given to improve platelet production.

• A substance known as varicella-zoster immune globulin (VZIG), which reduces the severity of chickenpox symptoms, is as of 2004 available to treat immunocompromised children and others at high risk of developing complications.