Patent ID: 7144705
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: G01N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A diagnostic assay for stroke comprising obtaining a body fluid sample from a subject; measuring the sample from the subject for heart fatty acid binding protein and for a marker of acute myocardial infarction; comparing the level of heart fatty acid binding protein and the level of the marker of acute myocardial infarction measured in the sample from the subject with the level of heart fatty acid binding protein and the level of the marker of acute myocardial infarction in a control sample obtained from subjects not suffering from stroke and acute myocardial infarction, wherein elevated levels of heart fatty acid binding protein, in combination with non-elevated levels of the marker of acute myocardial infarction, in the sample from the subject compared with the control sample, indicates that the subject is suffering from a stroke.