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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. 26, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2004
Applicants:
Nico L. M. Callewaert, Lichtervelde, BE;
Roland H. Contreras, Merelbeke, BE;
Inventors:
Nico L. M. Callewaert, Lichtervelde, BE;
Roland H. Contreras, Merelbeke, BE;
Assignees:
Vlaams Interubiversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie vzw, Zwijnaarde, BE;
Universiteit Gent, Gent, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/00 (2006.01); C08B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides methods and kits to detect liver cirrhosis in mammals. The diagnostic test is based on the profiling and identification of diagnostic carbohydrates present in a body fluid such as blood serum.