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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2012
Applicants:
Saga University, Saga-shi, Saga, JP;
Yamagata University, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata, JP;
Inventors:
Kenji Izuhara, Saga, JP;
Shoichiro Ohta, Saga, JP;
Kazuhiko Arima, Saga, JP;
Hiroshi Shiraishi, Saga, JP;
Shoichi Suzuki, Saga, JP;
Nobuo Ohta, Yamagata, JP;
Akihiro Ishida, Yamagata, JP;
Yusuke Suzuki, Yamagata, JP;
Assignees:
SAGA UNIVERSITY, Saga-Shi, JP;
YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY, Yamagata-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/5308 (2013.01); G01N 33/6893 (2013.01); G01N 2800/14 (2013.01); G01N 2800/7095 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for detecting chronic sinusitis, which comprises measuring the concentration of a periostin protein in blood or nasal secretion collected from a test subject. Thereby, a method for detecting chronic sinusitis, which is capable of detecting chronic sinusitis more simply, more promptly and less invasively, is provided.