Patent ID: 7763436
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis in a human subject suspected to be having rheumatoid arthritis, wherein the method comprises: comparing the levels of autoantibodies to mannose binding lectin (MBL) in the human subject suspected to be having rheumatoid arthritis to the level of autoantibodies to MBL in the blood of normal control individuals, as determined by ELISA; comparing the level of isotypes of rheumatoid factor antibodies IgM RF and IgG RF as determined using an ELISA test in the human subject suspected to be having rheumatoid arthritis to the level of rheumatoid factor antibodies IgM RF and IgG RF in the blood of normal control individuals; and wherein the possibility of rheumatoid arthritis in the human subject is indicated when: