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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth A Kudsk, Memphis, TN (US);
Assignee:
The University of Tennessee Research Corporation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 12 ; 514 21 ;
Abstract
A method for stimulating the immune system by treating an individual who has been immunocompromised as a result of severe trauma, including closed head injury and infection, with human growth hormone. This treatment leads to an increase in total lymphocyte number, and in an increase in the T4/T8 ratio. The treatment represents an effective therapy for maintaining or stimulating the immunocompetence of an individual who has been immunocompromised.