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US 5,633,228 AGranted
Prevention and treatment of peripheral neuropathy
AssigneesCephalon, Inc., Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
InventorsMichael E. Lewis, Stuart C. Apfel, John A. Kessler
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Abstract
The invention features a method of using insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) or insulin-like growth factor-III (IGF-III) to prevent or treat peripheral neuropathy in a mammal.
Claims3
A method for the therapeutic reduction of a peripheral neuropathy in a mammal that results from post-polio syndrome, said method comprising administering an insulin-like growth factor selected from the group consisting of insulin-like growth factor-I and insulin-like growth factor-III to said mammal.
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