METHOD FOR TREATMENT AND PREVENTION USING IgM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide immunoglobulin preparations suitable for a method of treating or preventing diseases associated with amyloid.SOLUTION: The invention relates to immunoglobulin preparations for treating or preventing an amyloid-associated neurodegenerative disease, which are produced from pooled human plasma samples as starting material, wherein the immunoglobulin preparation is enriched in immunoglobulin M (IgM). The immunoglobulin preparation comprises IgM antibodies that bind specifically to A&bgr;1-42.