Clinical diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis using a novel panel of low abundant human plasma protein biomarkers

The inventors have proposed a novel panel of human plasma protein biomarkers for diagnosing hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis. Presently there is no reliable non-invasive way of assessing liver fibrosis. A 2D-PAGE based proteomics study was used to identify potential fibrosis biomarkers. Plasma from pa...

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Main Authors: Gangadharan, B, Zitzmann, N, Dwek, R
Format: Patent
Published: United States Patent and Trademark Office 2010