efalizumab

Questions

What does efalizumab mean?

A recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody, formerly available to treat autoimmune diseases, especially psoriasis, by binding CD11a of lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1, and associated with fatal brain infections.

Where does efalizumab come from?

From [Term?] + -li- (“immunomodulating”) + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).

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