Intravenous immunoglobulin for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection: a review.

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Published in Dig Dis Sci on October 06, 2010

Authors

Marwan S Abougergi1, John H Kwon

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. mabougergi@partners.org

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