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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:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Matti Härkönen, Espoo, FI;
Assignee:
Biohit Oyj, Helsinki, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3554 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3554 ;
Abstract
Method for screening the risk for gastric cancer using, in combination, the determination of serum pepsinogen I, gastrin-17 and the supporting determination of antibodies from blood serum, in order to detect either atrophy of the corpus area, atrophy of the antrum area or atrophy of the mucosa of the whole stomach as well as a causative infection, whereby the risk for gastric cancer can be evaluated and the necessary gastroscopy and follow-up can be planned.