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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ramesh K Prakash, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Theratech, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530350 ; 435-71 ; 436547 ;
Abstract
A method is described for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis by providing a recombinant antigen (RAMA) and detecting rheumatoid arthritis-associated IgM antibodies against the RAMA antigen in patient sera. The RAMA antigen comprises SEQ ID NO:3 and peptides substantially homologous thereto. A purified and isolated DNA encoding the RAMA antigen and a transformed host containing the DNA are also disclosed.