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Treatment to prevent loss of and/or increase bone mass in metabolic bone diseases

US5674844A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 20, 1995
Grant dateOct 7, 1997
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Expiry dateMar 20, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2500/10
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention is a treatment for increasing the bone mass or preventing bone loss in an individual afflicted with a bone disease which includes administering to the individual a morphogen in a therapeutically effective amount so as to maintain or stimulate bone formation.

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