Patent ID: 6830896
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: G01N,Y10S

Abstract:
A process for diagnosing acute nephritis in a patient by use of urine, comprising the steps of:(A) measuring concentrations of annexin-V in samples of urine excreted by the patient at two different time points; (B) determining a difference between measured values of concentrations of annexin-V in the samples of urine at said two different time points; (C) measuring concentrations of annexin-V in samples of blood of said patient at said two different time points; (D) determining a difference between measured values of concentrations of annexin-V in the samples of blood at said two different time points; (E) comparing said difference between measured values of concentrations of annexin-V in the samples of urine with said difference between measured values of concentrations of annexin-V in the samples of blood; and (F) diagnosing acute nephritis based on an increasing concentration of annexin-V in the urine but not in the blood of the patient.