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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2006
Lu-yong Wang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Amit Chakraborty, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Jct., NJ (US);
Lu-yong Wang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Amit Chakraborty, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Jct., NJ (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A method for diagnosing Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis includes providing surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionisation mass spectrometric (SELDI-MS) data of a plurality of proteins, said data obtained from a patient and comprising a plurality of peak values, and analysing said peak values with an alternating decision tree comprising a set of tests of said data peaks values and associated prediction values, wherein said data is predictive of depression if a sum of the prediction values of said tree is greater than 1.0.