| abstract |
A method for diagnosing an amyloid disease, or a susceptibility to an amyloid disease, in a patient, where the disease is related to the levels of a PTI-HS7 antigen in a sample from the patient. The method includes testing with a PTI-HS7 antibody for elevated levels of PTI-HS7 antigen in the patient, whereby any elevated levels of PTI-HS7 antigen are indicative of the presence, susceptibility to, or progression of, the amyloid disease in the patient. |