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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:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ralph Nixon, Arlington, MA (US);
Toshiyuki Honda, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
The McLean Hospital Corporation, Belmont, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436518 ; 436528 ; 436529 ; 436530 ; 436161 ; 436811 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a method of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in a human patient by measuring the amount of p33 present in a biological sample from a patient who may have Alzheimer's disease relative to the amount of p33 in a control sample from an unaffected human. Also included in the invention are diagnostic kits for Alzheimer's disease and methods of screening for effective therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease.