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Method of treating psychological and metabolic disorders using IGF or IGF/IGFBP-3

  • US 6,514,937 B1
  • Filed: 07/27/1998
  • Issued: 02/04/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for increasing serum levels of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) in an elderly patient, comprising administering to said patient an effective dose of insulin-like growth factor/insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (IGF/IGFBP-3) complex to said patient, wherein said complex is administered parenterally for a period of at least four weeks, thereby the serum levels of SHBG is increased.

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