Growth factor IGF-Il
First Claim
1. Composition for the treatment of nutritional or gastrointestinal disorders or for promoting human or animal neonatal growth comprising human or animal IGF-II in a therapeutical effective amount together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent, wherein said carrier or diluent is for oral or gastric administration and wherein said carrier or diluent comprises natural milk or colorstrum.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of iGF-II or effective analogues thereof for the manufacture of a medicament for prevention or treatment of nutritional or gastrointestinal disorders and for promoting human or animal neonatal growth. It also relates to composition comprising exogenous human or animal IGF-II or effective analogues thereof in a therapeutically effective amount together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent or foodstuff, preferably in admixture with artificial or natural milk or colostrum. The invention may be applied both in man and in animals.
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- 1. Composition for the treatment of nutritional or gastrointestinal disorders or for promoting human or animal neonatal growth comprising human or animal IGF-II in a therapeutical effective amount together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent, wherein said carrier or diluent is for oral or gastric administration and wherein said carrier or diluent comprises natural milk or colorstrum.
- 4. The method for the treatment of nutritional or gastrointestinal disorders or for promoting human or animal neonatal growth in a patient in need thereof which comprises administering to said patient a medicament for oral or gastric administration and wherein said carrier or diluent comprises natural milk or colostrum comprising a therapeutically effective amount of IGF-II.
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