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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2009
Applicants:
August Verbruggen, Nazareth, BE;
Ruth Wittoek, Laarne, BE;
Bert Vander Cruyssen, Bornem, BE;
Dirk Elewaut, Heusden, BE;
Inventors:
August Verbruggen, Nazareth, BE;
Ruth Wittoek, Laarne, BE;
Bert Vander Cruyssen, Bornem, BE;
Dirk Elewaut, Heusden, BE;
Assignee:
Ghent University, Ghent, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a scoring system to monitor natural or drug-modified disease progression in erosive inter-phalangeal finger joint osteoarthrits and the use of said scoring system to identify and value drugs with anticatabolic and/or repair promoting potential.