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Patent Inventor Names
Sotirios Tsimikas0
Kirk Knowlton0
Date of Patent
January 11, 2011
Patent Application Number
10591092
Date Filed
March 24, 2005
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Patent abstract
The invention consists of assay methods, assay kits and antibodies for detecting the polypeptide fragments of dystrophin protein cleavage by enteroviral protease 2A as a result of an enteroviral infection in the heart. The presence of dystrophin cleavage products in the myocytes or blood of a subject is diagnostic for enteroviral infection and myocarditis resulting therefrom.
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