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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:
Jun. 29, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey A Lieberman, New York, NY (US);
Edmond J Yunis, Concord, MA (US);
Assignees:
Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY (US);
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-724 ; 435975 ;
Abstract
Certain patients undergoing clozapine drug therapy may be vulnerable to agranulocytosis. It has been found that agranulocytosis vulnerability is correlated with the presence of HLA antigens B38, DR4 and DQw3. Accordingly, a method is provided for detecting such patients, and an HLA kit is provided.