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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Emmanuel Ojo-Amaize, Glendora, CA (US);
Assignee:
Specialty Laboratories, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-724 ; 435-2 ; 4352402 ; 436503 ; 436518 ; 436 72 ;
Abstract
An in vitro method for diagnosing hypersensitivity to silicon(e) antigen in subjects not previously exposed to silicon(e). The method involves obtaining a subset of lymphocytes from non-sensitized subjects and contacting the lymphocytes with silicon(e) for a sufficient period of time to cause sensitizing and proliferative responses.