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US 12,601,738 B2Granted
Method and means for diagnosis of spondyloarthritis
AssigneesUniversiteit Hasselt, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
InventorsPatrick Vandormael, Veerle Somers, Kurt De Vlam, Dana Quaden
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Abstract
The present invention in general relates to the field of antibody profiling in spondyloarthritis. In particular, the inventors found that antibody levels against selected peptides are raised in spondylarthritis patients, and herein provide a diagnostic method and kit comprising such peptides for use in the diagnosis of spondyloarthritis.
Claims5
An in vitro method comprising:
- detecting the presence or quantity of autoantibodies in a sample of a subject wherein the autoantibodies bind to a polypeptide comprising the full-length of SEQ ID No:
- 8;
- wherein the subject is a human subject suspected of having spondyloarthritis or wherein the human subject has spondyloarthritis, and
- wherein the sample is a blood serum sample or blood plasma sample.
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