Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving antigen-antibody binding – specific binding protein...
Patent
1994-09-20
1997-01-07
Knode, Marian C.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving antigen-antibody binding, specific binding protein...
435 792, 435961, 435975, 436174, 436518, 436524, 436528, 436811, G01N 3353
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ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a novel means of diagnosing, or confirming a diagnosis of, affective disorders, such as depression, based on the blood levels of arginine vasopressin and thymopoietin, either alone or in combination.
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Culler Michael D.
Goldstein Gideon
Duffy Patricia A.
Goldstein Gideon
Knode Marian C.
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