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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2007
Applicants:
Hiroyuki Shimizu, Settsu, JP;
Hidehisa Asada, Osaka-fu, JP;
Kazuaki Endo, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/37 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for accurately measuring an amount of natriuretic peptides in a sample that has stood for at least 24 hours, in a plastic tube or a tube coated with silicone. This method makes it possible to measure natriuretic peptides stably and conveniently. Also provided is a method for measuring the amount of natriuretic acid in a sample at the time of collection by measuring the amount of natriuretic peptide in a blood sample at two periods of time after collection.