LIVER DISEASE RATING APPARATUS, METHOD OF LIVER DISEASE RATING, LIVER DISEASE RATING SYSTEM, LIVER DISEASE RATING PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM

WIPO Patent Application WO/2006/129513

A1

A liver disease rating apparatus that is capable of rating with high precision the progression of pathological condition of liver disease, for example, capable of determining with high precision whether or not therapy combining interferon with ribavirin is to be applied to patients with liver disease. Further, there are provided a relevant method of liver disease rating, liver disease rating system, liver disease rating program and recording medium. In particular, there is provided a liver disease rating apparatus wherein the index value indicating the degree of liver fibrosis is computed from the amino acid concentration data of rating object containing a value relating to amino acid concentration according to at least one index expression consisting of a fractional expression employing an amino acid concentration as a variable, and wherein the pathological condition of liver disease of rating object is rated on the basis of the computed index value.

ZHANG QINGWEI (JP)
TAKAHASHI MITSUO (JP)
SUGIMOTO TETSUYA (JP)
NOGUCHI YASUSHI (JP)

PCT/JP2006/310164

December 07, 2006

May 22, 2006

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AJINOMOTO KK (JP)
ZHANG QINGWEI (JP)
TAKAHASHI MITSUO (JP)
SUGIMOTO TETSUYA (JP)
NOGUCHI YASUSHI (JP)

G01N33/68; G01N33/15; G01N33/48

WO2004052191A1

2004-06-24

JPS61126472A

1986-06-13

FISCHER ET AL.: "The role of plasma amino acids in hepatic encephalopathy", SURGERY, vol. 78, no. 3, 1975, pages 277 - 290, XP008073326
See also references of EP 1887362A4

Sakai, Hiroaki (Kasumigaseki Building 2-5, Kasumigaseki 3-chome, Chiyoda-k, Tokyo 19, JP)

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