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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:
Jul. 11, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mackenzie Walser, Ruxton, MD (US);
Assignee:
The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514252 ; 514-2 ; 514 11 ; 514171 ; 514289 ; 514327 ;
Abstract
Progression of chronic renal failure can be retarded or arrested by administering to humans suffering from such disorder an agent which suppresses the production of glucocorticoids in the human together with a glucocorticoid. An example of an agent which suppresses the production of glucocorticoids includes ketoconazole. Exemplary of the glucocorticoid is prednisone.