METHODS FOR PREDICTING THE OUTCOME OF PERSISTENT HBV INFECTION AND THE OUTCOME OF CYTOKINE THERAPY - Patent 0862652

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EP 0 862 652 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	09.09.1998 Bulletin 1998/37

(21)	Application number: 96934996.0

(22)	Date of filing: 14.10.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C12Q 1/ 68^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB1996/002519

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/013875 (17.04.1997 Gazette 1997/17)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

13.10.1995 GB 19950020993
13.09.1996 GB 19960019233

(71)	Applicant: IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & MEDICINE
	London SW7 2AZ (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	THURSZ, Mark, Richard, Academic Dept. of Medicine London W2 1PG (GB) THOMAS, Howard, C. London W2 1PG (GB) HILL, Adrian, Vivian, Sinton, University of Oxford Oxford OX3 9DU (GB) MANTAFOUNIS, Dimitris London W14 8LA (GB)

(74)	Representative: Chapman, Paul William, et al
	Kilburn & Strode, 20 Red Lion Street London WC1R 4PJ London WC1R 4PJ (GB)

(54)	METHODS FOR PREDICTING THE OUTCOME OF PERSISTENT HBV INFECTION AND THE OUTCOME OF CYTOKINE THERAPY