Diagnostic method for diseases having an arthritic component

Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving hydrolase

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436 94, 436501, 436506, 436509, 436827, C12Q 134, G01N 3353, G01N 33564

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ABSTRACT:
A method is disclosed for the diagnosis of diseases having an arthritic component such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis which comprises determining the deficiency of galactose in a sample of the patient's blood serum or plasma, or synovial fluid, or an Ig component or fragment thereof in comparison with the corresponding normal values of galactose.

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