Tōnyōbyō oyobi zentōnyō shōjyō no shindan no tameno hōhō Ian Ray Mckay Merrill Joy Rowley Pau Zev Zimmet 10.4225/03/57D0A4DB69C23 https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/standard/JP_3510888/3810885 <div>English title:  Methods for the diagnosis of diabetes and prediabetic conditions</div><div><br></div><div>A method for detecting autoantibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) in the serum of a patient as diagnostic of a diabetic or prediabetic condition in the patient, comprises contacting a serum sample from the patient with a GAD antigen and detecting binding of autoantibodies to GAD in the sample by the GAD antigen, wherein the GAD antigen comprises a GAD preparation containing an enhanced amount of dimer(s) or oligomer(s) of the 65 kD or 67 kD isoforms, or both, of GAD. A diagnostic kit is also inclosed. [Abstract from Spanish version of this patent]</div><div><br></div><div>This is Japanese language item</div> 2016-09-14 06:42:02 Japan Patent Office 2004 jpn Monash University Patents Collection 1959.1/23468 1959.1/2726 monash:2726 JP3510889 1994