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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2006
Andreas Bergmann, Berlin, DE;
Andrea Ernst, Hennigsdorf, DE;
Harald Hampel, München, DE;
B.R.A.H.M.S. Aktiengesellschaft, Hennigsdorf, DE;
Abstract
An in vitro method for the detection, determination of severity and monitoring and prognosis of neurodegenerative diseases is disclosed. The presence and/or concentration of the physiologically inactive proadrenomedullin (proADM) partial peptide, in particular, the midregional proADM partial peptide, is determined in a biological fluid of a patient who is suffering from a neurodegenerative disease or is suspected of having such a disease. Conclusions about the presence, course, severity or success of a treatment of the neurodegenerative disease are drawn on the basis of the presence and/or concentration of the specific partial peptide in the biological sample.