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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
May. 15, 2007
Andreas Bergmann, Berlin, DE;
Andrea Ernst, Henningsdorf, DE;
Harald Hampel, München, DE;
B.R.A.H.M.S GmbH, Hennigsdorf, DE;
Abstract
An in vitro process for the detection and early detection of neurodegenerative diseases, for determination of the severity, and to evaluate the progression of and render a prognoses of neurogenerative diseases, in a patient suffering from a subjectively or objectively detectable cognitive impairment, by determining the concentration of an analyte selected from natriuretic peptides, in particular ANP, and, if necessary, BNP and/or CNP in a biological fluid of the patient, whereby the determination of the analyte is performed directly and/or indirectly as the determination of a relevant co-peptide generated from a mutual propeptide, and is based upon the measured concentration of the determined analyte thus making it possible to form conclusions about a neurodegenerative disease or an early form typical of such a disease or the course of the disease and/or the success of the efforts to relieve or prevent the disease.