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Title: Photodynamic therapy for the treatment of osteoarthritis

Patent ·
OSTI ID:872472

A method of treating a patient who has osteoarthritic disease by administering a therapeutic composition containing a photoactivatable compound, or a precursor thereof, and administering light of a photoactivating wavelength that activates the compound.

Research Organization:
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-91ER61228
Assignee:
General Hospital Corporation (Boston, MA)
Patent Number(s):
US 5942534
OSTI ID:
872472
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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