摘要 |
This invention relates to the use of 4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-ylmethyl)-N-[4-methyl-3-(4-(pyridin-3-yl)pyrimidin-2-ylamino)phenyl]-benzamide (also known as imatinib, gleevec, glivec, cgp57148b or STI571), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of c-fms-associated diseases including; choriocarcinoma, malignant histiocytosis, embryonal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, brain microglial tumours, sarcoidosis, microglial cell involvement in normal and variant Creutzfeld-Jacob disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. |