Pregnancy testing
AssigneeGuy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
InventorAnatole Sebastian Menon-Johansson
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Abstract
A method of determining the stage (gestation) of a pregnancy—comprising the steps of quantifying the amount of the hormone hPL or a fragment thereof in a body fluid sample derived from a human female selected from a blood, plasma, serum and/or urine sample, and establishing the stage of pregnancy corresponding thereto. The disclosure also extends to a device adapted to detect the levels/amount of hPL or a fragment thereof in a body fluid sample, derived from a human female, selected from a blood, plasma, serum and/or urine sample, for establishing the stage of pregnancy.
Claims13
A method of determining the stage of a pregnancy comprising the steps of quantifying the amount of the hormone hPL or a fragment thereof in a body fluid sample derived from a human female selected from a blood, plasma, serum and/or urine sample, and establishing the stage of pregnancy corresponding thereto.
A device adapted to detect the levels/amount of hPL or a fragment thereof in a body fluid sample, derived from a human female, selected from a blood, plasma, serum and/or urine sample, for establishing the stage of pregnancy.
A kit comprising a device and/or reagent for testing the concentration hPL in a fluid body sample, derived from a human female, for the purpose of establishing the stage of pregnancy.
Use of an anti hPL antibody for determining the stage of pregnancy.
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