Treatment of luekocyte dysfunction with GM-CSF
AssigneeSchering Corporation
InventorEric M. Bonnem
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Abstract
A method of treating leukocyte dysfunction in a mammal, preferably a human, wherein said dysfunction is associated with pyhsical trauma, is disclosed. Preferably the method is used wherein the dysfunction is associated with thermal injury. The method comprises administering to the mammal an effective amount of GM-CSF to potentiate the function of the dysfunctional leukocytes. The use of GM-CSF for the manufacture of a medicament for use in treating a patient having such leukocyte dysfunction and a pharmaceutical composition comprising GM-CSF for use in such treating are also disclosed.
Claims22
A method for treating leukocyte dysfunction associated with physical trauma in a mammal, comprising administering to a mammal having dysfunctional leukocytes due to physical trauma an amount of GM-CSF effective to potentiate the function of the dysfunctional leukocytes.
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