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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Hans Dieplinger, Innsbruck, AT;
Florian Kronenberg, Innsbruck, AT;
Johann Willeit, Innsbruck, AT;
Stefan Kiechl, Zirl, AT;
Wolfgang Engel, Göttingen, DE;
Inventors:
Hans Dieplinger, Innsbruck, AT;
Florian Kronenberg, Innsbruck, AT;
Johann Willeit, Innsbruck, AT;
Stefan Kiechl, Zirl, AT;
Wolfgang Engel, Göttingen, DE;
Assignee:
Hans Dieplinger, Innsbruck, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method for diagnosing the metabolic syndrome by determination of the afamin content in a sample of a body fluid or a tissue sample, wherein the metabolic syndrome is diagnosed if the afamin content in the sample is increased compared to the afamin content in a sample from a person not having the metabolic syndrome.