Method of preventing and treating chemotherapy-induced alopecia
US5486509A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 27, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB82Y5/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates, in general, to a method of inhibiting alopecia, or hair loss, and, in particular, to a method of inhibiting alopecia induced by chemotherapeutic agents. The invention further relates to a composition suitable for use in such a method. Active agents for use in the above method include proteinaceous growth factors, such as EGF, and/or vitamin D.sub.3 or metabolites thereof.
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