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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:
Oct. 10, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ralph A Nixon, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
McLean Hospital Corporation, Belmont, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-71 ; 435-792 ; 436 63 ; 436811 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in a patient by measuring the level of a lysosomal hydrolase or lysosomal protease inhibitor in the patient's cerebrospinal fluid. The invention also features methods of measuring the progression of the disease and screening therapeutic compositions for treating Alzheimer's disease.