Method for distinguishing Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from other dementias
US4892814A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 22, 1987 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S436/811
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for distinguishing Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from other causes of human dementia by analyzing the cerebrospinal fluid of patients for proteins 130 and 131. The presence of these proteins indicates the presence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
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