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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2004
Michael Volker, Cologne, DE;
Michael Becka, Ense, DE;
Werner Kroll, Stamford, CT (US);
Andreas Knorr, Erkrath, DE;
Sylvia Unger, Heidelberg, DE;
Mathias Gehrmann, Leverkusen, DE;
Guido Hennig, Krefeld, DE;
Elmar-reinhold Burchardt, Schwerte, DE;
Michael J. Arthur, West Wellow, GB;
Alastair D. Burt, Fairmoor Morphet, GB;
Massimo Pinzani, Scandicci, IT;
Detlef Schuppan, Bubenreuth, DE;
Robert P. Thiel, Oxford, CT (US);
Christoph Petry, Leverkusen, DE;
William Rosenberg, Eastleigh, GB;
Michael Volker, Cologne, DE;
Michael Becka, Ense, DE;
Werner Kroll, Stamford, CT (US);
Andreas Knorr, Erkrath, DE;
Sylvia Unger, Heidelberg, DE;
Mathias Gehrmann, Leverkusen, DE;
Guido Hennig, Krefeld, DE;
Elmar-Reinhold Burchardt, Schwerte, DE;
Michael J. Arthur, West Wellow, GB;
Alastair D. Burt, Fairmoor Morphet, GB;
Massimo Pinzani, Scandicci, IT;
Detlef Schuppan, Bubenreuth, DE;
Robert P. Thiel, Oxford, CT (US);
Christoph Petry, Leverkusen, DE;
William Rosenberg, Eastleigh, GB;
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention provides diagnostic methods, kits, and systems, and related computer-readable media, which use multiple blood marker values, including serum and plasma marker values, to aid in the diagnosis of the status or progress of a liver disease in a patient. The invention also provides methods and systems, and related computer-readable media, that use blood marker values, including serum and plasma marker values: (1) to screen for active ingredients useful in the treatment of a liver disease; (2) to aid in the selection of treatment regimens for patients that are predisposed to, or suffer from, liver disease; and (3) to aid in the design of clinical programs useful in monitoring the status or progress of liver disease in one or more patients.