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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2017
Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden H.o.d.n. Lumc, Leiden, NL;
Thomas Willem Johannes Huizinga, Leiden, NL;
Reinaldus Everardus Maria Toes, Leiden, NL;
Leendert Adrianus Trouw, Sassenheim, NL;
Hans Ulrich Scherer, Leiden, NL;
Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden h.o.d.n. LUMC, Leiden, NL;
Abstract
Means and methods for determining whether an individual that does not have rheumatoid arthritis, AAV or Sjögren syndrome at the moment of sampling is at risk of developing the disease, the method comprising determining whether an antibody-containing sample of the individual comprises an autoantibody associated with the disease that comprises an N-linked glycosylation at one or more positions in a Fab-portion of the antibody, the method further comprising determining the risk of the individual for developing the disease. The disease is preferably rheumatoid arthritis.