Monoclonal antibody against connective tissue growth factor...

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C530S387300, C530S388100, C530S388150, C530S388230, C435S325000, C435S326000, C435S328000, C435S335000

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ABSTRACT:
A human monoclonal antibody useful for the treatment of various diseases caused by human connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) and preventing the onset of the above diseases; medicinal uses thereof; and various monoclonal antibodies having various characteristics against various mammalian CTGFs useful for detecting and assaying CTGFs present in body fluids of mammals suffering from various diseases.

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