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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2005
Tzu-ling Tseng, Chiayi, TW;
Pei-hsiu Liao, Taipei, TW;
Ping-fu Cheng, Chenggong Village, TW;
Shih-feng Tsai, Jhunan Township, Miaoli County, TW;
Hou-chang Chiu, Taipei, TW;
Tzu-Ling Tseng, Chiayi, TW;
Pei-Hsiu Liao, Taipei, TW;
Ping-Fu Cheng, Chenggong Village, TW;
Shih-Feng Tsai, Jhunan Township, Miaoli County, TW;
Hou-Chang Chiu, Taipei, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Hsinchu County, TW;
National Health Research Institutes (NHRI), Miaoli County, TW;
Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing myasthenia gravis in a subject, by determining an amount of at least one autoantibody that specifically binds one or more autoantigens selected from heat-shock protein 60 (hsp60), heat-shock protein 90, alpha isoform (hsp90α), and heat-shock protein 90, beta isoform (hsp90β). The invention also provides diagnostic kits for identifying a subject having myasthenia gravis.