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Patent No.:

US 8455194 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013

Filed:

Feb. 29, 2012
Applicants:

Emma Link, Oxford, GB;

Sarah Parish, Oxford, GB;

Rory Collins, Oxford, GB;

Mark Lathrop, Paris, FR;

Inventors:

Emma Link, Oxford, GB;

Sarah Parish, Oxford, GB;

Rory Collins, Oxford, GB;

Mark Lathrop, Paris, FR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

This invention relates to a method of determining the susceptibility of an individual to statin-induced myopathy, comprising detecting the presence or absence of one or more polymorphisms in the SLCO1B1 gene in a biological sample from an individual, whereby the presence of one or more polymorphisms indicates that the individual has altered susceptibility to statin-induced myopathy.


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