Abstract: A method of determining the stage (gestation) of a pregnancy—comprising the steps of quantifying the amount of the hormone hPL or a fragment thereof in a body fluid sample derived from a human female selected from a blood, plasma, serum and/or urine sample, and establishing the stage of pregnancy corresponding thereto. The disclosure also extends to a device adapted to detect the levels/amount of hPL or a fragment thereof in a body fluid sample, derived from a human female, selected from a blood, plasma, serum and/or urine sample, for establishing the stage of pregnancy.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 7, 2014
Publication date:
September 18, 2014
Applicants:
Anatole Sebastian Menon-Johansson, GUY'S AND ST. THOMAS'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST