USE OF EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR FOR THE MORPHOFUNCTIONAL RESTORATION OF PERIPHERAL NERVES IN DIABETIC NEUROPATHY

• Main Authors: HERRERA MARTINEZ LUIS SATURNINO, CIBRIAN VERA DANAY, SAEZ MARTINEZ VIVIAN MARIA, FERNANDEZ MONTEQUIN JOSE IGNACIO, UBIETA GOMEZ RAIMUNDO, GONZALEZ BLANCO SONIA, BERLANGA ACOSTA JORGE AMADOR, GUILLEN NIETO GERARDO ENRIQUE, GARCIA DEL BARCO HERRERA DIANA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.04.2014
• Subjects: HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES

The present invention is relevant to human medicine, and, in particular, to the use of Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) in a pharmaceutical composition, said composition is administered through infiltration at the periphery of nerve trunks and/or ganglia, for the morphofunctional restoration of peripheral nerves in painful, sensitive-motor neuropathy, as well as ischemic neuritis. It is also relevant to an EGF containing composition, where this molecule can be formulated together with anesthetic or analgesic drugs, or encapsulated in microspheres, and their use for the morphofunctional restoration of peripheral nerves in painful, sensitive-motor neuropathy, as well as in ischemic neuritis.