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US 2011/0236908 A1Published application
Total plasma fvii/fviia levels as indicators of pre-eclampsia of pregnant females
AssigneeUniversity of Southampton
InventorsBashir A. Lwaleed, Luci Maria Sant Ana Dusse
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Abstract
Raised total plasma FVII protein, including activated FVII (FVIIa) in pregnant females, compared with total plasma FVII protein in normal pregnancy, has been found to be an indicator of the pregnancy complication of pre-eclampsia.
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A method of diagnosing pre-eclampsia (P-EC) in a pregnant female which comprises determining whether total FVII protein (Factor VII and Factor Vila) is raised in a blood or plasma sample from said female compared with the level of total FVII protein in comparable samples from age-matched pregnant women without P-EC.
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