摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to a diagnostic system for the detection of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis by means of nucleotide amplification reactions, in situ or in vitro which detection means are specific for the measles virus and are capable of distinguishing between the "wild" type and the attenuated measles virus strains. The invention further provides a use in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of Crohn's disease and/or ulcerative colitis which medicament comprises a suitable vector carrying antisense RNA to specific viral proteins which are consequently inhibited from being expressed in the host.</p> |