Method of collecting markers of bone metabolism from sweat
US6132975A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 30, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/25
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention disclosed herein relates to a method of monitoring bone metabolism comprising continuously collecting a sweat sample from a subject and assaying the sweat sample to determine the concentration of a marker of bone metabolism in the sample, wherein said marker is not pyridinoline or deoxypyridinoline.
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