Method of diagnosing myasthenia gravis and kits therefor
US7807378B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 29, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S436/811
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing myasthenia gravis in a subject, by determining an amount of at least one autoantibody that specifically binds one or more autoantigens selected from heat-shock protein 60 (hsp60), heat-shock protein 90, alpha isoform (hsp90α), and heat-shock protein 90, beta isoform (hsp90β). The invention also provides diagnostic kits for identifying a subject having myasthenia gravis.
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