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Last Updated: April 26, 2024

Claims for Patent: 4,211,767


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Summary for Patent: 4,211,767
Title: Method of controlling the secretion of sebum in humans
Abstract:A method of controlling the secretion of sebum in humans which comprises administering to a sensitized human an adjuvant agent selected from 5-fluorouracil and uracil in an amount sufficient to reduce the secretion of sebum produced.
Inventor(s): Klein; Edmund (Williamsville, NY)
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Application Number:05/968,170
Patent Claims:1. A method for reducing the rate of secretion of sebum in humans which comprises administering to a sensitized human an antimitotic adjuvant agent in an amount sufficient to reduce the formation of sebum and thereby preclude formation of comedones and cysts together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, said adjuvant agent being selected from the group consisting of 5-fluorouracil and uracil and said human having been sensitized by administering thereto an immunogen selected from the group consisting of dinitrochloro-benzene and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccine which induces or potentiates an immune response on local administration in an amount sufficient to reduce a delayed hypersensitivity reaction.

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