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Fetal growth

US5858966A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 10, 1997
Grant dateJan 12, 1999
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Expiry dateJun 10, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K38/30
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

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.

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