Patent ID: 6692773
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: A61K,A61P,A61Q,B82Y,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of treating a hyperproliferative skin disorder, which comprises:contacting an area of the skin showing symptoms of the hyperproliferative skin disorder with one or more noble metals in a nanocrystalline form, wherein: nanocrystalline indicates a grain size which is less than 100 nm in at least one dimension; the one or more noble metals have sufficient atomic disorder so that, when in contact with an alcohol or water-based electrolyte, the one or more noble metals release atoms, ions, molecules, or clusters of the at least one noble metal into the alcohol or water-based electrolyte on a sustainable basis; and the hyperproliferative skin disorder is selected from the group consisting of one or more of psoriasis and its varied clinical forms, Reiter's syndrome, pityriasis rubra pilaris, and hyperproliferative variants of the disorders of keratinization.