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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Mark Pimentel, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Henry C. Lin, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Mark Pimentel, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Henry C. Lin, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 (2013.01); G01N 33/50 (2013.01); G01N 2800/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods of diagnosing constipation and constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome by screening for the presence of abnormally high levels of methane and/or methanogenic organisms in a subject.