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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2007
Carlos Matute Almau, Leioa, ES;
Aitor Palomino Fernández DE Larrea, Vitoria, ES;
Ana González Pinto, Vitoria, ES;
Carlos Matute Almau, Leioa, ES;
Aitor Palomino Fernández de Larrea, Vitoria, ES;
Ana González Pinto, Vitoria, ES;
Hospital Santiago Apóstol, Gasteiz (Victoria), ES;
Universidad Del País Vasco, Leioa (Vizcaya), ES;
Abstract
The invention describes an in vitro method for detecting a psychiatric disorder occurring with psychosis selected from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in an individual who has suffered a first psychotic episode, or for determining the state or severity of said disorder, or for monitoring the effect of a therapy administered to an individual who suffers said disorder, or for evaluating the predisposition of an individual presenting a prodromal symptom to develop said disorder, based on the use of the brain-derived neutrophic factor (BDNF) as a marker.