Patent ID: 7153692
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of diagnosing a convulsive condition or susceptibility thereto in a subject comprising the steps of analyzing a urine from a subject for the presence or amount of a β-amino acid, or the relative amount of a β-amino acid; and diagnosing the subject as at risk of a convulsive condition when the amount of said β-amino acid indicates a likelihood of same in said subject, wherein said β-amino acid is β-alanine or β-aminoisobutyric acid, and wherein said diagnosing step is positive when the concentration of said β-alanine is greater than 0.8 μmol/mmol creatinine or said β-aminoisobutyric acid is greater than 10 μmol/mmol creatinine.