SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY MARKERS AS DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS IN THE PREVENTION OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASES - Patent 1212101

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EP 1 212 101 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	12.06.2002 Bulletin 2002/24

(21)	Application number: 00959851.7

(22)	Date of filing: 31.08.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61K 49/00, A61K 31/00, A61K 45/00, A61P 9/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0024/251

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0115/744 (08.03.2001 Gazette 2001/10)

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

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Priority:

31.08.1999 US 387028

(71)	Applicant: THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
	Boston, MA 02115 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	RIDKER, Paul Chestnut Hill, MA 02167 (US) HENNEKENS, Charles, H. Boca Raton, FL 33486 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jump, Timothy John Simon et al
	Venner Shipley & Co.20 Little Britain London EC1A 7DH London EC1A 7DH (GB)

(54)	SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY MARKERS AS DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS IN THE PREVENTION OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASES