TESTING METHOD OF MYASTHENIA GRAVIS AND ITS TEST AGENT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a testing method of myasthenia gravis which can be carried out by using body fluid such as blood or the like.;SOLUTION: The testing method of the myasthenia gravis includes measuring an anti-HSC71 antibody in the body fluid sampled from a living body, thereby carrying out the testing method of the myasthenia gravis (MG) by using the body fluid such as the blood or the like. This testing method is clinically useful as well as or better than measuring an anti-AChR antibody and extremely useful in comparison with an anti-titin antibody. In addition, the method is useful for diagnosing the MG, determining treatment methods and deciding therapeutic effects and prognoses. Furthermore, any correlation is not recognized between values of the anti-HSC71 antibody measured by this testing method and values of the anti-AChR antibody measured by a conventional testing method. Therefore, by carrying out this easy-to-use immunoassay method using the blood, accuracy of the diagnosis can be improved in complement with the measurement of the anti-AChR antibody.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI