Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing – Involving an insoluble carrier for immobilizing immunochemicals
Patent
1992-06-17
1995-07-04
Kepplinger, Esther M.
Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing
Involving an insoluble carrier for immobilizing immunochemicals
436 89, 436161, 436811, G01N 33543
Patent
active
054299470
ABSTRACT:
A method for detecting elevated levels of the middle isoform of .alpha.-2 haptoglobin, .alpha.-2FS haptoglobin in bodily fluids of subjects with Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia as compared with the .alpha.-2FS haptoglobin level in normal subjects. Fibrinogen fragments corresponding to proteins 127 and 128 are also found in elevated levels in such subjects. Elevated levels of specific haptoglobin proteins serve as a diagnostic marker for Alzheimer's disease and Schizophrenia.
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Ghanbari Hossein A.
Johnson Ginger
Merril Carl R.
Kepplinger Esther M.
Wortman Donna C.
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