Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for diagnosis of encephalitis
- Patent Title (中): 脑炎诊断方法
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Application No.: US12277252Application Date: 2008-11-24
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Publication No.: US07972796B2Publication Date: 2011-07-05
- Inventor: Josep Dalmau , Myrna Rosenfeld , David R. Lynch
- Applicant: Josep Dalmau , Myrna Rosenfeld , David R. Lynch
- Applicant Address: US PA Philadelphia
- Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
- Current Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Philadelphia
- Agency: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP
- Agent Mark S. Cohen
- Main IPC: G01N33/53
- IPC: G01N33/53
Abstract:
This invention provides methods of diagnosing or determining a cause of an autoimmune encephalitis or an epilepsy in a subject and of diagnosing a tumor in a subject, comprising the step of testing a biological sample of the subject for an antibody to an NR1 subunit of the NMDA receptor. This invention further provides methods of treating an autoimmune encephalitis or an epilepsy, comprising the steps of detecting an antibody to an NR1 subunit of the NMDA receptor and treating a tumor associated with the disease.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090155261A1 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF ENCEPHALITIS OR EPILEPSY Public/Granted day:2009-06-18
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