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Method for the diagnosis of food intolerance

US6511425B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Aerocrine AB · SE

Inventors

Kjell Alving · Uppsala, SE
Jon Lundberg · Stockholm, SE
Lennart Nordvall · Uppsala, SE
Edward Weitzberg · Stockholm, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 15, 2000
Grant date	Jan 28, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 5, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B5/42
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for the detection and diagnosis of food intolerance, e.g. coeliac disease, based on the determination of nitric oxide in a gas sample taken from the lumen of the distal gastrointestinal tract, preferably the rectum, after subjecting the patient to the suspected substance, underlying the intolerance reaction.

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