MEDICAL USE OF ANTIBODIES DIRECTED AGAINST HUMAN MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES OR RELATED TISSUE PROTEINASES FOR THE TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING AND ENDOMETRIOSIS

摘要

The invention relates to the field of metalloproteinases and their involvement in abnormal uterine bleeding or in endometriosis. The invention provides inhibitors of tissue proteinases or of metalloproteinases for preparing medicaments for treating or preventing bleeding disorders of the endometrium. More specific, these inhibitors are inhibitory antibodies against matrix metalloproteinases.