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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thierry Poynard, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ; A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ; A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention is drawn to a new diagnosis method for detecting the extend of a inflammatory, fibrotic or cancerous disease in a patient, in particular liver fibrosis, in particular in a patient infected with hepatitis C virus, by using the serum concentration of easily detectable biological markers. The invention is also drawn to diagnosis kits for the implementation of the method.