5th Intercontinental Cooperative ITP Study Group (ICIS) expert meeting in Flüeli-Ranft, Switzerland, September 2015

The 5th Intercontinental Cooperative ITP Study Group (ICIS) expert meeting in Flüeli-Ranft, Switzerland, September 24-26, 2015 was dedicated to immunomodulation in immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) and other autoimmune disorders. In particular we asked the question „how may biological immunomodulators influence the immune system?“ Wahn, Crow and Lazarus, Heitink et al., and van Laarhoven et al. focused on the first such human derived immunomodulator, polyvalent immunoglobulin concentrate (IVIG), and Yacobovich et al.
Source: Seminars in Hematology - Category: Hematology Authors: Tags: April 2016 Suppl 1 ICIS Source Type: research