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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:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Paul Lehmann, Worms, DE;
Ralf Roeddiger, Gorxheimertal, DE;
Inventors:
Paul Lehmann, Worms, DE;
Ralf Roeddiger, Gorxheimertal, DE;
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/37 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention concerns the use of hepcidin as a marker for detecting inflammatory chronic diseases and especially for a differential diagnosis to detect inflammatory chronic diseases and/or non-inflammatory chronic diseases. The present invention also concerns a method for detecting inflammatory chronic diseases, non-inflammatory chronic diseases and/or acute phase reactions comprising the determination of hepcidin.