摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to a method for the diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring and risk assessment of disturbances of the gastrointestinal tract activity and/or function and/or disturbances of the nutritional condition, with the exception of somatostatinoma, in a patient comprising the steps of: providing a sample of a bodily fluid of a patient; determining the level of proSomatostatin 1 -64 or fragments thereof in said sample; correlating the level of proSomatostatin 1 -64 or fragments thereof to the diagnosis, prognosis and risk assessment of disturbances of the gastrointestinal tract activity and/or function and/or disturbances of the nutritional condition, with the exception of somatostatinoma, in said patient, wherein said fragments have a length of at least 6 amino acid residues. The invention also relates to an antibody and a kit containing at least two antibodies.</p> |