Passive immunization of Alzheimer's disease
First Claim
1. A method of prophylactically treating Alzheimer'"'"'s disease in a patient susceptible to the disease, comprising administering to the patient an effective dosage of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a chimeric or humanized antibody that specifically binds to an epitope within residues 1-5 of Aβ
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Abstract
Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for preventing or treating a number of amyloid diseases, including Alzheimer'"'"'s disease, prion diseases, familial amyloid neuropathies and the like. The pharmaceutical compositions include immunologically reactive amounts of amyloid fibril components, particularly fibril-forming peptides or proteins. Also disclosed are therapeutic compositions and methods which use immune reagents that react with such fibril components.
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1. A method of prophylactically treating Alzheimer'"'"'s disease in a patient susceptible to the disease, comprising administering to the patient an effective dosage of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a chimeric or humanized antibody that specifically binds to an epitope within residues 1-5 of Aβ
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20. A method of therapeutically treating Alzheimer'"'"'s disease in a patient suffering from the disease, comprising administering to the patient an effective dosage of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a chimeric or humanized antibody or antibody fragment thereof that specifically binds to an epitope within residues 1-5 of Aβ
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39. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a chimeric or humanized antibody or antibody fragment thereof that specifically binds to an epitope within residues 1-5 of Aβ
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