Diagnostic assay for alzheimer's disease
US5234814A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 1, 1989 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2800/2821
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method to assist in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease comprising detecting, in bodily fluids, two APP-related proteins, in soluble form, said proteins have an apparent molecular size of about 130 kDa and about 35 kDa, and each of said proteins shares at least one epitope with the C-terminus of APP corresponding substantially to amino acids 676-695 of APP as shown in FIG. 1.
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