Intravenous immune globulin in hereditary inclusion body myopathy: a pilot study

BMC Neurology

Table 1 Laboratory values at baseline, after loading with IVIG (1 g/kg × 2), and at the end of IVIG treatment.

	Baseline				Post-load				End of study				Normal range
Patient	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	13.1	14.4	13.2	14.3	11.2	13.8	11.2	13	12.1	13.8	12.3	11.4	11.1–16.7
WBC (K/uL)	8.94	7.57	7.39	7.28	6.82	6.11	8.06	2.99	6.94	6.16	6.34	4.85	3.3–9.6
Platelets (K/uL)	282	230	284	225	226	209	262	207	267	222	256	220	154–380
ESR (mm/h)	17	7	23	14	39	38	96	86	30	20	57	73	0–42
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.3	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.7–1.4
BUN (mg/dL)	15	14	12	13	12	7	8	8	16	15	13	17	8–22
ALT (U/L)	42	36	18	36	31	37	16	30	60	81	18	62	6–41
AST (U/L)	30	31	22	23	21	31	15	23	36	68	31	52	9–34
CPK (U/L)	320	475	98	130	244	451	50	87	229	629	78	94	38–386
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	195	203	195	207	133	153	144	156	168	179	175	170	100–200
Total protein (g/dL)	6.4	6.1	6.1	6.3	7.8	8.7	9.5	9.1	7.1	7.2	7.3	7	6.0–7.6
Albumin (g/dL)	3.7	3.7	3.2	3.5	2.9	3.4	2.6	3	3.3	3.5	2.8	3.1	3.7–4.7
IgG (mg/dL)	1280	1180	955	997	3550	4280	5670	4440	2150	2350	2340	2310	642–1730
Urine protein (mg/d)	150	92	294	97	<30	<30	<30	<30	79	95	364	142	30–150
Urine glucose (g/d)	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.09	14.4	30.8	6.4	12.2	0.07	0.07	0.10	0.08	0–0.49

Abnormal values are in bold. Normal range encompasses values for males and females.
Baseline values are average of results on two different days.

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