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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Boris Tabakoff, Annapolis, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 18 ; 435 19 ; 435 21 ; 435 25 ;
Abstract
A method and an assay for ascertaining individuals likely to be predisposed to alcohol abuse is disclosed. The contemplated method ascertains the relative adenylate cyclase and monoamine oxidase activities of blood platelets and includes the steps of isolating platelets from the blood of an individual, assaying the isolated platelets for adenylate cyclase and monoamine oxidase activities, and comparing the observed activities.