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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. 01, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Judith L. Luborsky, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3573 ; G01N 3/3564 ; G01N 3/3567 ; G01N 3/3543 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3573 ; G01N 3/3564 ; G01N 3/3567 ; G01N 3/3543 ;
Abstract
Ovarian autoimmunity is implicated in ovarian dysfunction associated with premature ovarian failure (POF) and unexplained infertility. A rapid, quantitative, and inexpensive method of clinical diagnosis of ovarian autoimmunity is provided. Diagnosis is provided by detection of autoantibodies that react with an ovarian antigen, 17 -alpha-hydroxylase. This diagnostic method is applicable to ovarian autoimmunity unassociated with polyglandular disease.