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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:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
May. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Susan Carswell, Wallingford, PA (US);
Pawel Dobrzanski, Downingtown, PA (US);
Lise Binderup, Taastrup, DK;
Fredrik Björkling, Helsingborg, SE;
Matthew S. Miller, Newtown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/159 ; A61K 3/818 ; A61K 3/816 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/159 ; A61K 3/818 ; A61K 3/816 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed, inter alia, to methods of utilizing low calcemic vitamin D analogues. Particularly, the present invention is directed to using low calcemic vitamin D analogues to treat neurodegenerative diseases and disorders, to facilitate endogenous production of neurotrophic factors, to inhibit the degradation, dysfunction or loss of neural cells and/or to enhance the phenotype of neural cells or neuronal processes.