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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2008
Ardythe L. Morrow, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Guillermo M. Ruiz-palacios, Mexico City, MX;
David S. Newburg, Newtonville, MA (US);
Ardythe L. Morrow, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Guillermo M. Ruiz-Palacios, Mexico City, MX;
David S. Newburg, Newtonville, MA (US);
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Instituto Nacional De Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, Mexico, MX;
Abstract
An individual at risk for necrotizing enterocolitis and related disorders can be identified by measuring the level of at least one secretor antigen in a biological sample from the individual and comparing the measured level of the at least one secretor antigen to a predetermined value or a predetermined range of values. Among the secretor antigens which can be measured are: the H-1 , H-2, Lewisand Lewisantigens and derivatives thereof (e.g., a sialylated form of Lewis a, Lewis x, Lewis b, Lewis y; H-1, H-2, Lewis a, Lewis x, Lewis b or Lewis y).