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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Erling Sundrehagen, Oslo, NO;
Lars Örning, Oslo, NO;
Inventors:
Erling Sundrehagen, Oslo, NO;
Lars Örning, Oslo, NO;
Assignee:
Axis-Shield ASA, Oslo, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01); G01N 33/573 (2006.01); C12Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to assay methods for the determination of cobalamin or vitamin Bin a body fluid and in particular to assay methods for the metabolically active pool of cobalamin, comprising contacting a cell free sample of a body fluid with an immobilised or immobilizable specific binding ligand for TC II or holo TC II, separating a ligand bound fraction from a non-ligand bound fraction and measuring the holo-TC II or TC-II bound cobalamin content therein.