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US 8,076,283 B2Granted
Methods for treating congestive heart failure
AssigneesAcorda Therapeutics, Inc., Beth Israel Deaconesss Medical Center, The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
InventorsMark Marchionni, Ralph Kelly, Beverly Lorell, Douglas B. Sawyer
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Abstract
The invention features methods of treating or preventing congestive heart failure by administering a polypeptide containing an epidermal growth factor-like domain encoded by a neuregulin gene.
Claims18
method for treating congestive heart failure in a mammal, said method comprising administering an NRG-3 polypeptide comprising an epidermal growth factor-like (EGF-like) domain in an amount effective to treat congestive heart failure in said mammal.
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