Patent ID: 7488585

Claim:
The method for diagnosing pregnancy-related complications in a pregnant woman comprising: (a) providing PP13-responding cells having a membrane; (b) exposing said cells to standard PP13; (c) exposing PP13-responding cells to PP13 obtained from said woman, the cells of step (c) being: i) other than the cells of step (b) or ii) the same as the cells of step (b), but after sufficient washing to remove the standard PP13; (d) determining the presence of a modification in the permeability of the cell membrane in (b) and in (c) as a result of exposure to PP13; and (e) comparing the modification in permeability in (b) and (c), a change in the permeability of (c) as compared to the permeability in (b) indicating the presence of a pregnancy complication in said woman.