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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2003
Applicant:
Thierry Poynard, Paris, FR;
Inventor:
Thierry Poynard, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/573 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.