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US 7,022,478 B2Granted
Methods for evaluating stroke or cardiac ischemia by nucleic acid detection
AssigneeThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
InventorsTimothy Hudson Rainer, Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, Yuk Lan Lam, Lawrence Ka Sing Wong
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Abstract
This invention relates to the use of a blood sample from a patient for evaluating stroke or cardiac ischemia in the patient.
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A method of evaluating the disease condition of stroke in a stroke patient, the method comprising:
- (i) obtaining a sample of blood plasma or serum from a stroke patient,
- (ii) detecting the quantity of DNA in the sample, and
- (iii) evaluating the disease condition of stroke by comparing the quantity of DNA in the sample to a control,
- wherein the disease condition is post-stroke mortality or post-stroke morbidity as indicated by a six-month Post-Stroke Modified Rankin Score, whereby an increase in the quantity of DNA indicates an increase in post-stroke mortality or post-stroke morbidity.
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