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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:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alan Pestronk, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Washington University, St. Louis, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-71 ; 436501 ; 436506 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing peripheral neuropathies that comprise determining the titer of autoantibodies directed toward particular nervous system antigens. It also provides for substantially purified preparations of specific antigens, namely neuroprotein-1, histone H3 (NP-2), .beta.-tubulin (NP-3), neuroprotein-4, neuroprotein-5, NP-9 antigen, and SP neural antigen, which may be used in such diagnostic methods.