Patent 7425419 was granted and assigned to King's College London on September, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention relates to a method of predicting pre-eclampsia (PE). The present invention also relates to a diagnostic kit for performing a method of predicting PE. In particular, the method determining the level of two or more markers selected from placenta growth factor (PIGF), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (PAI-2) and leptin.