摘要 |
A method for diagnosing a condition of a patient involves the steps of (a) adding one or more reagents to a test sample from a patient, the test samples comprising at least part of a blood sample from the patient, in order to cause formation of a complex comprising at least one acute phase protein at at least one human lipoprotein, while causing substantially no fiber polymerization; (b) measuring the formation of the complex over time so as to derive a time-dependent measurement profile, and (c) determining a slope and/or total change in the time-dependent measurement profile, so as to diagnose a condition of the patient. A greater formation of the complex is correlated to increased probability of death of the patient. |
申请人 |
BIOMERIEUX, INC.;FISCHER, TIMOTHY, J.;DOWNEY, COLIN;NESHEIM, MIKE;SAMIS, JOHN, A.;TEJIDOR, LILIANA;TOH, CHENG, HOCK;WALKER, JOHN, B. |
发明人 |
FISCHER, TIMOTHY, J.;DOWNEY, COLIN;NESHEIM, MIKE;SAMIS, JOHN, A.;TEJIDOR, LILIANA;TOH, CHENG, HOCK;WALKER, JOHN, B. |