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US 5,858,966 AGranted
Fetal growth
AssigneeAuckland Uniservices Limited
InventorsJane Elizabeth Harding, Roy Mark Kimble, Peter David Gluckman
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Abstract
A method of enhancing fetal growth and/or development and/or neonatal survival by the administration over a period of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1), to either the amniotic fluid or direct to the fetal gastrointestinal tract. Administration may be by way of an ultrasonically monitored injection or placement of a catheter.
Claims8
A method of enhancing growth of a fetus or its organs, comprising administering IGF-1 to amniotic fluid or to the gastrointestinal tract of the fetus.
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