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Title:
METHOD AND SUBSTANCES FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY OF SEPSIS AND SEPSIS-LIKE SYSTEMIC INFECTIONS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2000022439
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to applications of recombinant procalcitonin 3-116 for the diagnosis and therapy of septic diseases and to the measurement of prohormones different from procalcitonin and dipeptidyl peptiodase IV as biomarker in the diagnosis of sepsis.

Inventors:
BERGMANN ANDREAS (DE)
STRUCK JOACHIM (DE)
WEGLOEHNER WOLFGANG (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/EP1999/007692
Publication Date:
November 16, 2000
Filing Date:
October 13, 1999
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Assignee:
BRAHMS DIAGNOSTICA GMBH (DE)
BERGMANN ANDREAS (DE)
STRUCK JOACHIM (DE)
WEGLOEHNER WOLFGANG (DE)
International Classes:
A61P29/00; C07K14/585; C12N15/09; C12N15/16; G01N33/53; C12P21/02; C12Q1/37; G01N33/74; C12R1/19; (IPC1-7): G01N33/74; C07K14/585; A61K38/23; A61K38/22
Foreign References:
DE4227454C11994-02-03
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