Method for treating multiloculated hydrocephalus by administering an anti-IL6 receptor antibody
AssigneeImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
InventorsFatima AbdulRahim Fakhroo, Ahmed Ammar
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a method of treating multiloculated hydrocephalus comprising administering to a subject who is suffering from multiloculated hydrocephalus an antibody that binds to an IL-6 receptor.
Claims10
A method for treating or reducing the severity of septated multiloculated hydrocephalus comprising
- administering to a human subject, who is suffering from septated multiloculated hydrocephalus, an antibody that binds to an IL-6 receptor in an amount that reduces proliferation of fibroglial tissue, thereby treating or reducing the severity of septated multiloculated hydrocephalus;
- wherein said antibody is Tocilizumab.
A method for treating or reducing the severity of septated multiloculated hydrocephalus comprising intracerebroventricularly, intracerebrally, or intrathecally administering to a human subject, who is suffering from multiloculated hydrocephalus, an antibody that binds to an IL-6 receptor in an amount that reduces proliferation of fibroglial tissue, thereby treating or reducing the severity of septated multiloculated hydrocephalus;
- wherein said antibody is Tocilizumab.
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