Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving antigen-antibody binding – specific binding protein...
Patent
1989-11-28
1992-06-23
Ceperley, Mary E.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving antigen-antibody binding, specific binding protein...
435 792, 435 794, 436514, 436534, G01N 33559, G01N 33551, G01N 33546
Patent
active
051242524
ABSTRACT:
An in vitro test for determining the presence of leukocytes in a fecal sample which is sensitive to the numbers of fecal leukocytes typically found in inflammatory diarrheal specimens, by testing the fecal sample with an assay utilizing an antibody for lactoferrin.
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Cooper William H.
Guerrant Richard L.
Lee Amelia G.
Ceperley Mary E.
Creighton Wray James
University of Virginia Alumni Patents Foundation
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