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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1996
John Nicholas Whitaker, Birmingham, AL (US);
Robert David Kachelhofer, Birmingham, AL (US);
Beverly Ann Layton, Birmingham, AL (US);
Edwin Luther Bradley, Jr, Birmingham, AL (US);
Sheila Loughran Burgard, Lake Bluff, IL (US);
Anthony Thomas Reder, Oak Park, IL (US);
Wendy Jean Morrison, Vancouver, CA;
Guojun Zhao, Vancouver, CA;
Donald Winston Paty, Vancouver, CA;
UAB Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of determining the status of a multiple sclerosis patient, i.e., predicting the transition from a status of relapsing-remitting to a progressive phase of multiple sclerosis, comprising the step of measuring the levels of urinary myelin basic protein-like material in the patient. The present invention also provides a method of determining the amount of lesions and total lesion area of a multiple sclerosis patient, comprising the step of measuring the levels of urinary myelin basic protein-like material in the patient. Further provided is a method of monitoring myelination in a developing child, comprising the step of: measuring the levels of myelin basic protein-like material in the urine of said child.