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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary D Hodgen, Norfolk, VA (US);
Assignee:
The Medical College of Hampton Roads, Norfolk, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-91 ; 435-723 ;
Abstract
The diagnostic interpretation of mammographic films is enhanced by administering to the women undergoing the procedure an effective amount of a gonadotropin releasing hormone antagonist or other inhibitor of ovarian steroid production or action on the breast thereof and effecting the mammogram before the effect of the antagonist or other inhibitor has dissipated.